Director of Development, Faculty of Applied Science

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

FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, will raise $3 billion and activate the power of our global alumni by doubling alumni engagement. The campaign will benefit research, teaching and learning across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses in three key areas—advancing healthy lives, creating solutions for the planet, and shaping thriving societies. To learn more about FORWARD, see give.ubc.ca/forward.

Faculty of Applied Science

The UBC Faculty of Applied Science’s core purpose is to discover, design, innovate, provide unwavering top‑tier education, and champion a community of responsible professionals devoted to serving a thriving, sustainable, and healthy society. The Faculty is home to one of Canada’s top engineering schools and its top‑ranked nursing school, as well as UBC’s highly regarded schools of architecture and landscape architecture, and community and regional planning.

Applied One, our Faculty’s campaign priority, will be an adaptable innovation hub that brings together the full breadth of Applied Science disciplines to address complex global challenges through integrated learning, research, and collaboration.

Together, these strengths position the Faculty as a driving force behind UBC’s world‑leading impact in innovation, climate action, and sustainability. Central to advancing this work is the Faculty of Applied Science Development & Alumni Engagement team, a tight‑knit, collaborative group that partners with our various communities to raise $25–30 million annually in support of its priority initiatives.

The Opportunity

The UBC Faculty of Applied Science Development & Alumni Engagement team is seeking an experienced Director of Development to join our successful frontline fundraising team. The Director of Development is responsible for independently building and managing a diverse pipeline of 30-50 prospects, making a minimum of 15-20 solicitations and raising between $1.5 - $5 million annually. This role will develop and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies in support of key priorities in UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science (APSC), such as: clean energy, sustainability and climate innovation, student-focused initiatives, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and one of the Faculty’s largest capital campaigns, the $150+ million Applied One building.

The Director will work in partnership with and provide high-level support to senior development team management, senior faculty administration and faculty members to facilitate maximum support from individual philanthropists, foundations, and industry partnerships and collaborations. This position is responsible for assisting with the preparation and monitoring of unit goals, managing and evaluating design, development, and coordination of projects. The incumbent is also expected to support and guide junior colleagues through active mentorship and collaboration. The successful candidate will be driven and strategic, collaborative and authentic, and will thrive on working autonomously, proactively moving relationships forward and making the ask.

Compensation Range

$118,311 (min.) – $147,757 (mid.) – $184,569 (max.) CAD Annually

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, or Indigenous person.