The National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) is the steward of the City of Good vision for Singapore, where individuals, organisations, and leaders come together to give their best for others. Through our brands, programmes, and initiatives, we facilitate partnerships with non-profits, organisations, public sector bodies, and individuals to enliven the giving ecosystem within Singapore.
What we do:
- Research: We learn about giving motivations and behaviours
- Activation: We activate giving such as through national giving campaigns
- Connect and Convene: We connect and convene networks and build communities
- Honour and Recognition: We honour and recognise giving champions in Singapore
- Advocacy: We curate and celebrate stories about giving to inspire action
We invite you to join us in building a #CityofGood together. Visit us at www.cityofgood.sg
Team Information
The Community Matters team contributes to NVPC’s vision of Singapore where individuals, Organisations and Leaders come together to give their best for others by nurturing communities of purpose.
We nurture Communities of Purpose by inspiring and supporting community leaders on their journey & serve as a catalyst to convene and connect community leaders to learn from and collaborate with each other.
Desired outcomes of the team include:
- Community Leaders and developers to gain a deeper understanding on community development, clarity on their work, and learn applicable insights from others to strengthen their own communities
- New connections formed between communities in different areas, seeding opportunities for future collaboration
- Sharing stories, knowledge, insights and strategies for building strong communities in Singapore towards our City of Good
- Through our work, we also hope that all people (community members) will be able to understand their role in shaping communities of purpose, be able to identify ways they can collaborate with, contribute to and bridge the different communities
Responsibilities
Intern 1
- Programme development and execution of Community Leadership Series events
- Partnership engagement for Community Leadership Series
- Publicity for Community Leadership Series
- Codification and analysis of insights from the Community Leadership Series
- Support the successful execution of Community Matters events and projects
Intern 2
- Engagement of Community Leaders
- Notetaking, drafting long form and short form content based on interviews with community partners
- Speaker engagement and management for Community Leadership Series
- Support colleagues with Community Matters Events
- Assist with programme design and publicity for Community Matters roundtables and networking events
Deliverables
Intern 1
- Programme design, publicity and execution of Community Leadership Series
- Written insights piece(s) – articles and social media posts — from Community Leadership Series and Community Leaders engagements
- Contribution and support for Content Creation with Content Agency
Intern 2
- Meetings with at least 10 community leaders that uncover challenges and best practices
- Written features showcasing various communities/ community leaders
- Successful Speaker Engagement, Management and Sharings for Community Leadership Series
- Summarizing of insights from events
- Facilitation support for Community Leadership Series
Requirements
- Passionate about some community(ies) they are active in
- Strong interest in different communities and understanding how they operate
- Outgoing, comfortable with interacting with new people from different communities
- Someone who is curious, takes initiative and pride in the work that they do.
- Strong writing, analysis and communication skills
- Events, programme design and facilitation experience
- Qualitative research experience (e.g. In-depth interviews, Focus Groups)
- Good to have academic area related to the work of community development or qualitative research background or writing/ communications experience
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National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) - Designation:
Outreach & Partnership (Community Matters), Intern - Profession:
Social Services / Charity - Industry:
Social Services - Location:
Singapore River