Development Officer, Faculty of Education (Term)
Full time University of British Columbia posted 1 week ago in Education / Training Shortlist Email JobJob Description
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.
Do you have a passion for developing healthy individuals, groups and societies through the promotion of lifelong physical activity and fostering contributions to the study of what moves you?
Kinesiology is the study of human movement, physical activity and sport and their impact on health, performance, society, and quality of life. UBC’s School of Kinesiology in the Faculty of Education has an international reputation of research excellence in diverse areas of Kinesiology including:
- the physiology of exercise sport and exercise medicine
- neuromechanical regulation of posture, gait and balance
- motor skill acquisition and physical literacy
- the psychology and behavioral factors underlying physical activity and sport participation
- equity and inclusion
- identity and self-image
- sport, society and sustainability, and
- Olympism and high-performance coaching.
The multidisciplinary research activity within the School and our local and international collaborative networks has fostered a thriving scholarly environment and citizenship that is committed to improving the lives of Canadians.
Are you interested in raising funds to make a lasting impact on developing critical knowledge and approaches to human movement through cutting-edge academic research and education? Do you want to develop your fundraising career on a collaborative, high-performing team with passionate, generous colleagues who will support you to learn and grow?
The UBC School of Kinesiology is seeking a Development Officer to help us realize our vision to be a world-leading hub of integrated research across disciplines converging on the study of movement, physical activity, sports and health, and offer a world-class environment and exceptional learning opportunities for training the next generation of leaders in Kinesiology.
The UBC School of Kinesiology is ranked 3rd globally among the top Schools for sports-related subjects: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/sports-related-subjects, and is the premier educator in North America for those who study what moves you.
As a Development Officer with UBC School of Kinesiology you will be responsible for:
- Developing relationships with key faculty members to implement donor and prospect strategies to support leading-edge research and initiatives.
- Building and sustaining long-term donor relationships while aligning donor passion with the goals of the School of Kinesiology.
- 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 candidate will thrive on working collaboratively, proactively moving relationships forward and making the ask. They are curious, a deep listener, great at asking 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.
Note: this position is posted as a 12-month term position. There is the possibility it will be extended or made into a permanent position at term end.
Compensation Range
$7,283.75 – $10,474.08 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.
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