Director of Advancement
University of Toronto
Director of Advancement
Date Posted: 10/03/2024
Req ID: 39941
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Music
Department: Faculty of Music
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
A senior fundraising professional with a significant track record of success in increasingly senior advancement leadership positions in large-scale institutional settings, the Director of Advancement at the Faculty of Music leads and manages the Faculty of Music’s advancement programs with the goal of increasing fundraising revenues and alumni engagement in support of the Faculty of Music’s highest academic and institutional priorities.
The Director of Advancement reports jointly to the Dean of the Faculty of Music and to the Vice President, Advancement (or their designate). The Director of Advancement is 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 campus fundraising and alumni engagement goals, as well as the related personal and team results, in close consultation with the Dean of the Faculty of Music and the Vice President, Advancement. The Director is accountable to the Dean on the development and fulfillment of the Faculty’s advancement plans and strategies that support the Faculty’s academic mission. The Director has a functional reporting relationship to the Vice-President, Advancement or delegate that ensures alignment with and accountability to University-wide standards, guidelines, and procedures that protect academic integrity and promote best practice, excellence, and equity in advancement. Further details on the definition of joint reporting are included in the attached Provost’s Guideline on Joint Reporting in University Advancement.
The Director of Advancement, Faculty of Music 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 the Faculty of Music’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 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.
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:
- Develop, lead, and implement annual and multi-year plans and strategies to achieve transformational growth in lifting the Faculty of Music’s overall fundraising and alumni engagement results and to advance the Faculty’s highest academic, strategic and institutional priorities.
- 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 Music’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 Faculty of Music’s academic leadership to translate academic priorities into compelling funding propositions and alumni engagement propositions that create opportunities to advance the Faculty’s academic, institutional, and strategic priorities, both within the immediate community of the Faculty of Music’s alumni, friends, and partners, and among broader national and international constituencies.
- Represent the Faculty of Music’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 Division of University Advancement’s services and supports for the benefit of the Faculty of Music’s advancement programs.
Minimum Qualifications:
EDUCATION: A University degree(s) is required.
EXPERIENCE: 5+ years of direct fundraising experience and a proven track record of executive advancement responsibility and leadership in annual, major and planned giving programs in a large, complex organization, preferably in an educational or medical institution. Experience in organizing complex programs and events. Experience in a management capacity and directing the work of others. Demonstrated volunteer management experience. Highly knowledgeable and experienced in both new and traditional channels of revenue generation.
SKILLS: Proficient with and demonstrated experience working with Microsoft Office suite. Experience working with ARBOR, Blackbaud CRM, or a similar database management system. Demonstrated strategic conceptualization, analytical, and planning skills. Knowledge of current trends as they relate to the duties and responsibilities of the role.
OTHER: Vision, the ability to think and plan strategically, and a creative, entrepreneurial spirit. Demonstrated experience and success managing, motivating, and mentoring volunteers and advancement professionals, bringing out the best in teams and individuals. The ability to mentor, coach, motivate, and inspire colleagues and volunteers. High level of initiative, maturity, tact and diplomacy; excellent judgement and discretion. A deep understanding of and sympathy for the mission of a academic and research intensive university. The ability to serve as an articulate, credible representative of the University with diverse constituencies and particularly with the sophisticated individuals who support the institution. The ability to understand the research and teaching dimensions of a proposed project, to conceptualize them in an integrated proposal, and to make a compelling case to a donor for philanthropic support. An engaging personal style, a sincere interest in people, patience, a willingness to listen, and the capacity to engender trust and to establish lasting relationships. Reputation for integrity, openness, decisiveness and sound judgement. A high level of comfort interacting with academic leaders as well as donors and volunteers. The ability to navigate and be effective within a complex matrix organization that values collaboration and teamwork as well as individual initiative and creativity. Excellent attention to detail and superb organizational skills, including the ability to set principal gift fundraising goals and to establish an internal system for meeting deadlines, tracking, follow-up, monitoring, and reporting of progress. Ability to work in a hectic and results-oriented environment with a strong capacity to meet targets, deadlines, and budgets. A high energy level, an appropriate degree of sophistication and self-confidence, optimism (and the ability to engender optimism in others) and a sense of humour. Exceptional oral and written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills. Cultural sensitivity and capacity to work with international students and donors. Valid driver’s license and access to personal vehicle required. Valid passport for international travel is required.
This role is not currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.
Closing Date: 10/24/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Salaried
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: 1AP -- Broadband Salary Range: $87,384 - $201,658
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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