Development Officer, Faculty of Medicine

Are you an experienced fundraiser interested in making a meaningful impact on some of the most pressing health challenges through cutting-edge research and education? The UBC Faculty of Medicine is seeking a Development Officer to join our health care philanthropy team. This is an opportunity to further develop your fundraising career within a collaborative, high-performing team whose ambition and partnership contribute to more than $90 million raised each year.

Demonstrated professional fundraising experience is required for this position. We encourage you to explicitly detail this experience in your application, as it is a core requirement for moving forward in the selection process.

The successful candidate will report to one of the Faculty of Medicine’s Directors of Development. The reporting structure will be determined based on operational needs.

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.

The UBC Faculty of Medicine is ranked 25^th globally for Life Sciences and Medicine, and is the premier educator of health and life sciences professionals in BC, producing the next generation of clinicians and scientists focused on the health and wellbeing of citizens across BC, Canada, and around the globe. As a fundraiser, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to engage with our world-class faculty and staff in fundraising for the Faculty’s leading-edge research, education, and community programs, transforming health for everyone.

As a Development Officer with UBC Faculty of Medicine you will be responsible for:

• Developing relationships with key faculty members to implement donor and prospect strategies to support leading-edge health science research and initiatives.
• Building and sustaining long-term donor relationships while aligning donor passion with the goals of the Faculty of Medicine.
• Managing the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospects and donors by developing relationships or facilitating relationships with those who have the capacity to make major gifts ($50k+).
• Writing and editing donor communications, including proposals and stewardship reports - often in collaboration with other team members.

The successful candidates will thrive on working collaboratively, proactively moving relationships forward and making the ask. They are curious, deep listeners, ask great questions, love to learn, rise to challenges and are able to navigate ambiguity.

If you are driven and tenacious, strategic and authentic, a skilled writer and a generous team player, we want to help you advance your career on our team of like-minded professionals. With us, you will have the support you need to learn, grow, and excel.

Compensation Range

Min. $92,727.96 – Mid. $111,206.04 – Max. $133,344.00 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.