Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of British Columbia

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 research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top universities in the world. As one of the largest universities in Canada, UBC attracts and nurtures close to 72,000 students and over 400,000 alumni from 160 countries on two major campuses. With over 7,300 faculty and 13,000 staff, UBC has an operating budget of $3.8 billion and provides over $900 million in research funds for over 10,000 projects. The Development & 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 across both campuses, DAE

currently raises over $240 million and engages over 100,000 alumni annually.

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 and activate the power of our global alumni by

doubling alumni engagement.

As a top tier research university, and a go-to destination for the world’s brightest minds, UBC has the

opportunity to influence what our future will look like. DAE is inspired to enable UBC’s pursuit of

excellence in research, learning and engagement by maximizing donor and alumni engagement.

For more information about DAE, please visit www.give.ubc.ca

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences’ international reputation in education, innovation, and research

in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences attracts close to 1,000 undergraduate students each year,

and we train more than 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Our suite of academic

programs prepares students for a wide variety of careers in the pharmaceutical, nanomedicine,

pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, pharmacy practice research, biotechnology, and related sectors.

Research in the Faculty is designed for impact resulting in a wide spectrum of health support and

improved outcomes of drug treatments. The Faculty’s expert researchers work at the leading edge of

their fields, whether it be in pharmacy practice, foundational sciences, health systems or policy.

The Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will lead and manage

priority alumni relationships that advance the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science’s strategic goals

through building relationships and enriching the lives of alumni. The optimal goal is development of a

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lifelong relationship between the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and its alumni on a local, national

and international level.

Compensation Range $8,305.08 - $10,370.58 - $12,952.33 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job. 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, and/or

Indigenous person.