Executive Director, Development

Join a dynamic and highly successful 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.

The University of British Columbia (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 close to 70,900 students across two campuses and nurtures over 410,000 alumni from 145 countries on two major campuses. With over 7,300 faculty and 13,000 staff, UBC has an operating budget of $3.9 billion and over $900 million for nearly 10,000 research projects.

UBC Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) is one of the leading advancement teams in Canada, with over 350 employees, raising $300 million and engaging over 120,000 alumni annually. As UBC advances its most ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement campaign to date, this is an exciting time to join the team and build partnerships to advance the vision and purpose of the university. FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, will raise $3 billion and activate the power of our global alumni by doubling alumni engagement. With over $2.3 billion raised to date, the Development team will exceed its goal over the next three years.

To learn more about FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, see www.forward.ubc.ca.

UBC Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) upholds the university’s vision and values by fostering engagement with alumni and friends — and by connecting prospects and donors to projects and causes that allow them to translate their passions into meaningful action. UBC Development oversees fundraising across both UBC campuses and all locations, operating under an integrated-distributed model with specialized fundraising units and development teams embedded in faculties and campus-based units.

In support of an annual goal of $300 million, DAE is seeking a strategic and inclusive Executive Director of Development to lead a complex development program that includes several diverse fundraising units, with an overall annual target of $50 to $75 million or more. The Executive Director will work collaboratively with peers to ensure cohesiveness in program strategy and team culture in support of DAE and Development strategies, goals and priorities. Reporting to the Associate Vice-President, Development, and as part of the Development Senior Management and Leadership Team, the Executive Director will inspire fundraising excellence and lead major and transformational gift strategies, while implementing UBC and DAE plans into business practice and fostering a culture of belonging.

The ideal candidate will bring considerable depth of experience in fundraising, strategy development and project management, along with inclusive behaviour and practices and a thorough understanding of fundraising in a university environment. As this role works closely with DAE and UBC leadership, senior volunteers, major donors and external counsel, strong interpersonal skills, tact, discretion and sound judgment are required. This individual will also be able to work simultaneously on a variety of complex gift strategies and projects with tight deadlines. They will be able to formulate strategic plans and set direction while building alignment with multiple and diverse partners.

Compensation Range

$166,791 - $208,362 - $260,320 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.