Date Posted: 08/28/2023
Req ID: 33472
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Nursing
Department: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
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Your Opportunity:
The University of Toronto is seeking a Director of Advancement to strategically lead the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing’s advancement programs with the goals of increasing fundraising revenues and alumni engagement in support of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing’s highest academic and institutional priorities. The Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto is seeking a highly collaborative and strategic fundraising professional with a significant track record of success to join our team.
The Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing is an outstanding professional faculty that ranks among the premier nursing programs in the world in both education and research. Comprised of Canada’s leading nurse researchers and educators whose work is making a major contribution to knowledge, health policy and future practice, the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing is committed to ensuring that our students have the highest quality student experience. Our generous level of student support funding, the best in Canada, along with our first-class programs taught by experienced teachers, researchers, outstanding clinicians and professional leaders make that vision a reality.
The Director of Advancement reports jointly to the Dean, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, and to the Vice President, Advancement (or his/her designate) and is a member of the Dean’s senior executive committee and a member of the Vice-President, Advancement’s University-wide Senior Advancement Leadership Team.
The Director of Advancement is responsible for the development and execution of advancement plans and strategies to accomplish divisional fundraising and alumni engagement goals, as well as related personal and team results, in close consultation with the Dean, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, and the Vice President, Advancement. The Director of Advancement is accountable to the Dean, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing on the development and fulfillment of advancement plans and strategies that support Nursing’s academic mission.
The Director of Advancement will possess superior solicitation experience and a demonstrated track record of securing significant philanthropic support; a strong commitment to recruiting, developing, and empowering a team of high-performance advancement professionals; and a strong commitment to establishing and supporting efforts to meaningfully engage alumni and volunteers in support of Nursing’s academic mission. The incumbent will demonstrate proactive leadership and team building skills, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, an ability to work collaboratively with other teams, and a commitment to set and achieve ambitious advancement goals. As such, the Director of Advancement will also embody a strong commitment to define the leading edge of advancement practice in Canada and to enhance the University’s overall reputation for advancement excellence.
The Director of Advancement, has overall responsibility for a team of professionals tasked with identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and developing tailored programs to enhance the interest and engagement of individuals who directly, or through other sources, have or are capable of making gifts at a significant level.
DEFY GRAVITY: The Campaign for the University of Toronto
On December 13, 2021, the University proudly launched Defy Gravity: The Campaign for the University of Toronto. The largest university campaign in Canadian history will harness the power of our worldwide community, including more than 640,000 alumni, 95,000 students, and 23,000 faculty and staff, for the betterment of humanity. From pioneering work in the humanities to the breakthrough development of neural networks, the University of Toronto has a long history of tackling the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity of its faculty, students, and alumni. In a world searching for positive change, we will build on this tradition to address some of the biggest challenges facing our city, country, and planet as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and grapple with this age of climate change, inequality, and mass technological disruption. Through our commitment to inclusive excellence, we will bring together top minds from every conceivable background and discipline to lead pandemic recovery and enable healthy lives, build inclusive cities and societies, create a sustainable future, spark creativity and culture, drive scientific discovery, power bold innovation and entrepreneurship, and support student success as we educate the next generation of creative, engaged, and empathic citizens. The campaign theme, Defy Gravity, reflects U of T’s history of advancing the frontiers of knowledge by transcending disciplines and borders in a diverse and inclusive community that emboldens students to think big—a community that accomplishes things no one else believed possible. Our campaign has two ambitious goals to meet today’s challenges For the first time in U of T history, the campaign will include a goal for alumni engagement: to inspire 225,000 alumni to get involved as volunteers, mentors, donors, participants, and leaders and encourage them to contribute their time and talent to the University one million times collectively. The campaign will also seek to raise $4 billion for the University’s highest priorities, a goal commensurate with our excellence, the breadth of our aspirations, the global footprint of our faculty, students, alumni, and donors, and our potential for life-changing impact. Key Result Areas:
Provide exemplary leadership, direction, and mentorship to a team of advancement professionals, in order to increase the impact and effectiveness of staff in advancing the Faculty of Nursing’s goals and to build the Faculty’s capacity in major gifts, stewardship, annual leadership giving, and alumni engagement. By example and direction, the incumbent will help create an organization and culture that values excellence, initiative, effectiveness, and community, and offers opportunities for professional development and growth.
Work closely with the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing’s academic leadership to translate academic priorities into compelling funding propositions and alumni engagement propositions that create opportunities to advance the Faculty of Nursing’s academic, institutional, and strategic priorities, both within the immediate community of the Faculty of Nursing’s alumni, friends, and partners, and among broader national and international constituencies.
Represent the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing’s priorities and mission to external constituents as an effective, credible institutional leader, persuasively projecting opportunities for engagement and maximizing opportunities for giving. This will include contributing to the Faculty’s fundraising performance by assuming personal responsibility for cultivating and soliciting a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects.
Work closely with the leadership of University Advancement to ensure alignment with the University’s best practices for fundraising and alumni relations programs, compliance with relevant University and Provostial guidelines and policies, collegial and collaborative engagement with other University advancement programs, and to take full advantage of the broad range of DUA services and supports for the benefit of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing’s advancement programs.
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This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work environment, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.
Closing Date: 09/18/2023, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Salaried
Appointment Type: Budget – Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: 1AP — Broadband Salary Range: $78,597 – $181,380
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.
The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.
If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact [email protected].
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