Director of Development, Principal Gifts

Director of Development, Principal Gifts

Strategic Opportunities

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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, DAE currently raises over $300 million and engages over 100,000 alumni annually.

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

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.

The Strategic Opportunities unit directs fundraising strategies for established individual donors, immediate Presidential development priorities, and works with emerging priority prospects capable of considering $5 million+ gifts. We work in partnership with all Development units to support cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activities of the university President, Vice President DAE, and Development leadership.

The unit manages a pipeline of principal giving level donors and prospects through the donor cycle. Additional donor and prospect activity may be managed and/or supported by the unit for a period of time. The team also offers strategic guidance, content development, and support to other Development units to promote significant private investment to UBC and FORWARD, the campaign for UBC.

The Director of Development, Principal Gifts will support principal and transformational gift strategy by identifying prospects, developing clear and collaborative strategies, creating concepts for gift solicitation, executing on gift documentation and the university approval process, and ensuring recognition and stewardship for principal gift level donors.

The Director is responsible for contributing to the preparation and monitoring of unit goals, and for managing, evaluating, and coordinating the design and development of complex fundraising opportunities. The role also includes actively supervising, supporting and mentoring junior colleagues.

The position requires sensitivity and diplomacy, along with a deep understanding of the relationship-building and strategies involved in securing complex gifts. The successful candidate will bring strong team management, project management and writing skills. A generous team player and natural collaborator, the Director will have demonstrated experience in major gift fundraising strategy. Reporting to the Senior Director of the unit, the Director will work closely with leadership, faculty and colleagues across the university to prepare and support senior university leaders in securing maximum support from philanthropy.

Compensation Range

$118,311 (Min.) - $147,757 (Mid.) - $184,569 (Max.) 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.