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Senior Director, Development, UBC Library

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 20 universities in the world. As one of the largest universities in Canada, UBC attracts and nurtures more than 70,000 students and over 375,000 alumni from 166 countries on two major campuses. With over 7,000 faculty and 11,000 staff, UBC has an operating budget of $3.4 billion and provides over $770 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.

The UBC Library is a leading research library that enhances learning and teaching excellence by connecting communities, within and beyond the University. The UBC Library strives to transform its facilities into experiential spaces that stimulate ideas, innovation, and promote student success. The Library has 15 branches and divisions, including on- and off-campus locations and its Okanagan campus location. UBC Library holds over 5.6 million items in physical collections and 3.8 million e-books. With more than 2.4 million in-person visits and 9.7 million online visits annually, UBC Library is an integral part of teaching, learning and research at UBC.

As Senior Director of Development, you will be responsible for developing and operationalizing development strategies to ensure that strategic objectives are met. While spearheading a multi-year fundraising campaign in support of the Library, you will manage a development program at the $2.5 to $8+ million per annum. You will be responsible for moving leadership gift account strategies forward where a high degree of senior administration involvement is required.  You will work in partnerships with senior University administration and faculty to facilitate maximum private sector support and build alumni connections, as well as provide leadership to a team of career employees.

The incoming Senior Director of Development will be responsible for leading the execution of the long-term strategy for Development within the UBC Library. The ideal candidate will bring considerable depth of experience in fundraising, strategy development and, inclusive behavior and practices. Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, discretion, and sound judgment are required.

The Senior Director will serve as a member of both the Development Leadership Team as well as the UBC Library Executive Team, and be supported by specialized functions and team in the Development office.

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.  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 https://give.ubc.ca/forward/.

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

If you have any questions, please contact us at

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Compensation Range

$9,572.08- $11,954.42 – $14,932.75 CAD Monthly

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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.

How to Apply

Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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