Assistant Dean, Development & Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Education

Join a bold, world-leading and highly accomplished development and alumni engagement team — and help UBC shape a better world.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

UBC is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top universities in the world. As one of the largest universities in Canada, UBC attracts and nurtures over to 72,000 students and more than 435,000 alumni from 145 countries on two major campuses. With over 7,300 faculty and 13,000 staff, UBC has an operating budget of $4.19 billion and provides more than to $936 million in research funds for over 10,000 projects.

The Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) portfolio at UBC joins development (fundraising) and alumni UBC functions under one umbrella. DAE is a one of the leading advancement teams in Canada and has oversight for fundraising and alumni engagement at all UBC campuses and locations, including UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. With over 300 employees, DAE raises over $300 million and engages over 120,000 alumni annually, connecting donors and alumni with the University’s teaching, research and community priorities.

The Faculty of Education creates conditions for transformative teaching, innovative learning, and leading-edge research guided by the highest standards of scholarship and the principles of collaboration, social justice, conclusion, and equity. The Faculty offers Bachelor of Education programs on both of UBC’s campuses (Okanagan and Vancouver), and is home to four departments: Curriculum and Pedagogy; Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education; Educational Studies; and Language and Literacy Education. We also house two schools: the School of Kinesiology and the Okanagan School of Education.

The Faculty is unique in both its academic breadth and geographic scope, offering programs on both of UBC’s campuses (Okanagan and Vancouver) and a diverse array of departments, schools, and program. The Faculty’s priority areas include Indigenous Education, Mental Health Literacy, Sexuality and Gender Inclusive Education, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization, Climate Justice, and Supporting Returning Veterans.

We now have an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced and social justice-minded fundraising professional. The Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Education will lead the execution of the Faculty’s long-term strategy for Development & Alumni Engagement and manage a development program of over $3 million annually, including its FORWARD campaign leadership.

Reporting jointly to, and partnering closely with, the Dean of the Faculty of Education and the Executive Director, Development, the Assistant Dean will cultivate relationships with academic and administrative leaders to deliver on fundraising priorities and lead the strategy of building an alumni engagement program to over 17,000 alumni.

An exciting time to join the Faculty:

• Advance the work of one of the world’s leading education faculties.
• Establish the road map to help achieve the Faculty’s new and compelling strategic plan.
• Make a mark in one of Canada’s largest-ever post-secondary advancement campaigns.
• Work across a range of education and health-related disciplines committed to excellence in research, teaching, and community engagement.
• Engage and cultivate the vibrant alumni community of teachers, educational leaders, and health professionals.
• Be a social justice leader by championing diverse faculty projects related to anti-racism, mental health, sustainability, Indigeneity, and SOGI.

The DAE team in the Faculty of Education works collaboratively with specialized units in DAE, such as Gift and Estate Planning, Awards, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Development Communications and alumni programming and events, to provide exceptional service to Faculty of Education under the leadership of the Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Engagement.

As UBC has launched its most ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement campaign, this is an exciting time to join UBC and build partnerships to advance the mission and vision of the University. FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, will raise $3 billion, help advance healthy lives, create solutions for the planet, and shape thriving societies, and activate the power of our global alumni by doubling alumni engagement.

To learn more about FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, please visit forward.ubc.ca.

For more information about Development and Alumni Engagement at UBC, visit www.give.ubc.ca.

For more information on the Faculty of Education and to view the Faculty Strategic Plan, please visit: https://educ.ubc.ca/about.

Compensation Range

$149,021 (Min.) - $186,137 (Market rate) - $223,364 (Max.) CAD Annually

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Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.