Director (Advancement & Fundraising)

Job Purpose

Strategise and drive the advancement and fundraising by leading fundraising, zakat collection, disbursement, scholarships, grants, and stakeholder governance to ensure a sustainable, compliant, and shariah‑aligned flow of funds that supports institutional priorities.

Key Accountabilities:

Fundraising & Zakat Collection Strategy

Provide strategic leadership in planning and executing fundraising and zakat collection initiatives. Drive sustainable income generation by reviewing donor profiles, leading donor cultivation and solicitation strategies, approving engagement initiatives (including Staff Giving Campaigns), engaging industry and corporate sponsors, and conducting zakat outreach programmes in collaboration with MAIPk, ensuring consistent and compliant zakat collection using UTP as amil.

Disbursement, Scholarship & Grant Governance

Oversee and govern the end‑to‑end management of TAZU disbursements, YUTP scholarships, and YUTP grants by ensuring distributions are executed in accordance with approved procedures and governance requirements. Lead budget preparation, candidate assessment and interviews, and facilitate endorsement and approval processes through YUTP Board and JTAZU, ensuring financial assistance is awarded to eligible and deserving recipients in a transparent, equitable, and compliant manner.

Stakeholder & Board Engagement Management

Manage and strengthen strategic engagement with independent YUTP Board members and MAIPk officials by serving as Secretariat to YUTP and JTAZU. Ensure effective coordination, communication, and governance support to foster constructive relationships, informed decision‑making, and sustained stakeholder confidence in the management of YUTP and TAZU funds.

Financial Management, Reporting & Governance Compliance

Provide oversight of financial management and governance by reviewing financial analyses, reports, and status updates prior to submission to the CFO, JTAZU, and YUTP Board. Ensure zakat distributions comply with Shariah and MAIPk directives, scholarships and grants adhere to approved procedures, and OPEX and CAPEX funding drawdowns from YUTP are executed in compliance with legal, statutory, and institutional governance requirements.

Generic Accountabilities:

Networking and Relationship Building

Foster and sustain effective working relationships and rapport with the government authorities, business and management institutions, national and key industry players and service providers to keep abreast with latest development to capture new business opportunities.

Good Governance

Enforce the implementation of applicable PETRONAS procedures and guidelines and affect the compliance to statutory and legislative requirements to ensure conformance to the established Limits of Authority (LOA) to safeguard PETRONAS interest, image and reputation.

Codes of Conduct & Business Ethics (COBE) and HSE Policies

Communicate, interpret and champion the execution of the objectives and provisions of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies and Codes of Conduct & Business Ethics (COBE) and undertake appropriate mitigation and/or intervention programmes to safeguard business operations, high staff discipline and industrial harmony.

Leadership and Capability Development

Drive the development of competent working team that will enhance and sustain staff capabilities in achieving high performance delivery to ensure internalization of the right leadership and capabilities in executing their jobs.

Mindset, Behaviour and Culture

Develop and implement distinctive mindset, behaviour and culture to achieve high work performance by adoption and implementation of value interventions, tools and methodologies to promote and instil high sense of commitment, ownership, integrity and loyalty that will contribute to operational excellence.

Qualification & Experience:

Education

• A recognised Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Non‑Profit Management, Public Administration, Islamic Finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualifications and/or advanced degrees are an added advantage, reflecting enhanced capability in fundraising governance, financial stewardship, or philanthropic management.

Experience

• More than 10 years of progressive experience in advancement, fundraising, philanthropic management, trust or foundation administration, or related financial and stakeholder‑facing roles within large or complex organisations.
• Demonstrated success in planning and driving fundraising initiatives, including donor cultivation, sponsorship engagement, corporate giving, staff giving campaigns, and structured income‑generation programmes.
• Proven experience in zakat collection, trust fund, endowment, scholarship, or grant management, including exposure to disbursement processes, eligibility assessment, and governance oversight.
• Strong working experience with boards, committees, and external authorities, including acting as secretariat, preparing papers, managing approvals, and supporting informed decision‑making at governance level.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial governance, reporting, and compliance, with the ability to review financial analyses, reports, and drawdowns to ensure adherence to legal, statutory, and institutional requirements.
• Experience working within regulated or policy‑driven environments, with exposure to shariah principles, zakat governance, or statutory compliance considered an advantage.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical capability to engage donors, industry partners, board members, regulators, and internal stakeholders effectively.