Salary: SGD $130,000 - $142,000 per annum pro rata dependent on experience.

Hours: 37.5 per week (pro rata) excluding lunch breaks. Full time but open to 0.6 of Full Time Employment (approx. 3 days a week).

Contract: This is a permanent contract. The notice period is three months in writing on each side. There is a probationary period of six months.

Location: Singapore.

Benefits: Various opportunities for flexible working, generous time off policies, and other sector-competitive benefits.

Are you looking for an opportunity to support collaborative, futures-led, systemic efforts to create a just and regenerative future in Southeast Asia? Forum for the Future is recruiting an Associate Director role to provide leadership within its Southeast Asia programme. 

With a primary responsibility for executing an effective income generation strategy for the regional programme, you will bring experience, networks and deep expertise in shaping a compelling portfolio of regional initiatives, securing resources for quality implementation, providing excellent partner relationship-management and enabling monitoring, evaluation and learning to be embedded well into the programme’s work and approach. 

The ideal candidate thrives within a collaborative environment and enjoys nurturing a culture of creativity and care, both as a line-manager and senior leader within the team. Your subject matter knowledge and systemic practice capabilities will position you well to direct Forum’s projects on issues ranging from the energy transition, resilient food systems, climate and health, and shaping the purpose of business in society. 

About Forum for the Future 

Forum for the Future, one of the world’s leading international sustainability organisations with a 30-year track record, works to influence the arc of change towards a just and regenerative future. We inspire change-actors to step up their ambition, stretch their vision and find pathways towards tackling the complex causes of the ecological and social challenges of our time. We partner with business, civil society, government and philanthropy to initiate multi-stakeholder collaborations to drive deep systemic change. We operate as a global team, across four geographies—Americas, UK/Europe, India and Southeast Asia—delivering both international and local projects. 

About the role 

Forum is at an exciting time in its evolution. As we approach our 30th anniversary, this role holds the potential to enhance our ability to create deep and lasting impact in Southeast Asia. 

Our strategy focuses upon shaping deep transition pathways towards future energy, food and market systems. In Southeast Asia, we have created impactful multistakeholder collaborative initiatives in each of these systems. It requires a steady income pipeline to grow their impact, as well as identifying future areas where our systems-thinking, applied futures and collective action capabilities can serve change-makers.

To thrive in this role, you will require senior expertise in developing and implementing fundraising and development strategies for non-profits. You should have an established network within the donor community, previous experience with environmental, social impact and/or development work. You should possess skills in effective grant management and creativity in conceptualising opportunities for new programmes in service of this region.

You will contribute to project delivery, so having a deep appreciation for—and prior experience of—systems-thinking, applied futures and building collaborations will be an asset.  

Overall, we are looking for someone with clear leadership qualities who recognises the power of ‘we’, and who can envision and be ambitious about Forum’s transformational potential.

If you do not meet all the requirements outlined in the job description but still believe you have the right mix of skills and experience to thrive in this role and further Forum’s ambitious goals for change, we encourage you to apply.  

Our work environment 

We value being courageous, adaptive, inquisitive, respectful, empathetic and playful. You can read more about our organisational values here.  Our values shape our common culture, purpose, and decisions, inspiring us to act justly and responsibly. We thrive on teamwork, collaboration, and mutual support, fostering a dynamic and caring environment. At Forum, we prioritise a positive workplace grounded in ethics, integrity, openness, and transparency. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to building an inclusive, capable, and thriving team from all walks of life.  

Application process 

To find out more about this vacancy, please download and read the full job description. 

Job description 

Application deadline is Monday, 2 Feb 11.59pm SGT.  

We encourage interested candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.

We use the Applied platform to minimise bias in our recruitment. We request that you avoid using AI for your application so that we can assess the authenticity of your expertise and experience.

To apply for this role, please send your up-to-date CV and a cover letter not more than two pages in the same document (one attachment) using the application link above. 

Your cover letter should clearly explain your motivation for applying for the post and provide specific evidence demonstrating how you meet the required capabilities as detailed in the person specification. We will not consider applications without cover letters tailored to this opportunity. This information will be used to decide whether or not to invite you for an interview. Your cover letter should be no longer than two A4 pages. 

We kindly ask you not to attach or insert your photograph in your CV or cover letter, nor put your name or surname anywhere in the cover letter. As part of our commitment to equal opportunities, we have introduced ‘name blind’ recruitment, to help reduce unconscious bias when screening applications. By removing these details from the application, it helps our recruiting team to evaluate people on their skills and experience instead of factors that can lead to unconsciously biased decisions. 

First and final rounds of interviews will be held on the week of 9th February, and 2nd March 2026 respectively, with the possibility of a meeting with other members of the team alongside the process. The platform provides instructions for how to use the portal and a dashboard to track your progress, with a reminder function on application deadline. You can draft, save, and review your responses before submitting, as long as it’s within the deadline. 

Please note: 

Some of the personal data you provide to Applied when you apply for a role with Forum for the Future will be passed on to us for the purposes of (a) reviewing your application; (b) inviting you for interview; and/or (c) offering you a job and getting you set up as an employee. For full details on how we collect and use your personal data please visit our privacy notice here. 

If your application is not successful, any personal data provided to us by Applied (including any personal data relating to equal opportunities monitoring as set out above) will be retained by Forum for the Future for no longer than 12 months after the application deadline has passed, at which point your personal data will be securely deleted. We only keep your information for that period in order to allow us to comply with relevant legal obligations. 

Please note: 

If you do not already hold the right to work in the country or need sponsorship in order to continue working, please clearly state this during your application. We cannot guarantee any sponsorship application would be successful.  

An equal opportunities employer

Forum for the Future wholeheartedly supports equal opportunities in employment. We promote and support equality, diversity and inclusion both in our own workplace and through our work with our partners and the wider public. We actively support and promote diversity as an essential component of sustainability, and as a key element of our organisational values. We oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, caste, religion or belief. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those who identify as disabled, LGBTQ, ethnic minorities, and come from diverse social and educational backgrounds.