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Advancement at York University TABLE OF CONTENTS The Opportunity ........................................................................................ 3 About York University .............................................................................. 3 Faculty of Science .................................................................................... 5 Biography – Dean Ray Jayawardhana .................................................... 6 Advancement at York University ............................................................. 7 Impact – The Campaign for York University ........................................... 7 Faculty of Science Priorities .................................................................... 8 Major Duties of the Role ........................................................................... 9 Scope of Decision Making ........................................................................ 9 Required Knowledge & Skills ................................................................ 10 Points of Pride ........................................................................................ 11 Best of 2016: York University’s Top 10 ................................................. 15 For more information, please contact: Tara George Senior Vice President, Search Practice KCI (Ketchum Canada) Inc. [email protected] Please note deadline for candidate submissions is August 18, 2017. We encourage and welcome early submissions. 2 Campaign Director – Faculty of Science York University, Division of Advancement The Opportunity York University is seeking an experienced and driven fundraising professional to join us in the role of Campaign Director – Faculty of Science to lead the Faculty’s $20M Campaign as part of Impact:The Campaign for York University and to enable the Faculty’s long-term strategic academic and research growth. Building on our past successes and working closely with a highly engaged and active fundraising Dean, the Campaign Director will be responsible for leading, implementing, and monitoring a strategic plan for the Faculty’s major and principal gifts program and ensuring alignment with the University’s development objectives and priorities. Reporting to the Director, Major Gifts, and working closely with the Dean, the Campaign Director will work in partnership with academic, university, and advancement leadership to achieve ambitious fundraising goals. The Faculty raises $3 million annually, and has great potential to further grow the program by strategically cultivating and soliciting prospects and donors. The Campaign Director will both maintain a portfolio of major gift and principal gift prospects and work collaboratively across the Advancement team to leverage opportunities to further support for the Faculty of Science. The Director will work with advancement colleagues from principal gifts, planned giving, stewardship, annual giving, alumni engagement, and advancement services. The Campaign Director’s responsibilities encompass all activities related to the cultivation, solicitation, recognition and stewardship of a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects and donors for the Faculty of Science at York University. The incumbent develops strategies to promote loyal giving and to upgrade donor giving, personally solicits major gifts, facilitates principal gift activity (both independently and in conjunction with senior administrators and senior fundraising volunteers), and stewards donors. About York University Today, York University is leading the way. Every day, in every field, we at York are redefining excellence. Cultivating creativity, collaboration and innovation, we are building a culture of student success, academic and research excellence and community engagement that is shaping the global thinking of tomorrow. York is a comprehensive, research-intensive university that is committed to pursuing excellence, student success, outreach and partnership by engaging students, faculty, staff, alumni, and external partners in a joint venture that transforms teaching into learning, research into discovery, and service into citizenship. 3 Founded in 1959, York has become a leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university, all while staying true to our original values of accessibility, social responsibility, and academic excellence. We have a student population of over 60,000, a family of more than 295,000 alumni worldwide, 7,000 faculty and staff, 2 campuses in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, 11 Faculties offering more than 5,000 courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a budget of $1 billion — making us the second- largest university in Ontario, and the third-largest in Canada. Our unique research collaborations have social, scientific, and technological impact, and over 200 international partnerships are helping students think bigger, broader and more globally than ever before. We are one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the world, with enormous potential for future development given our location in the centre of a region experiencing the fastest growth in both population and innovation. Academic & Research Excellence Our goal is to offer a quality postsecondary education enriched through the research and scholarly activities of faculty that demonstrably provides students with the knowledge and skills needed in a future fuelled by entrepreneurial creativity. As we become more research-intensive, we strengthen our reputation as a leader in social and pedagogical innovation as well as experiential education and technology-enhanced learning. Student Success York’s top priority is the success of our students, who are thinking bigger, broader and more globally than ever before. Our students are our biggest source of pride. We are committed to nurturing their skills in research and analysis, communication and critical inquiry, enabling them to contribute meaningfully to their communities today and in the future. We have strengthened our new student support programs, expanded our communications and outreach efforts, and delivered countless services to help our students achieve their personal and professional goals. Community Engagement York has adopted a global perspective on the concept of community. Through innovative research and community-engaged scholarship, we are fuelling progress in communities here at home and around the world. Our students are benefiting from unique experiential education opportunities, our programs are reaching communities near and far, our researchers are contributing invaluable knowledge to a wide array of disciplines, and our alumni are taking their comprehensive training to countries across the globe. Employee Engagement We are home to a host of talented faculty and staff whose curiosity, passion and engagement with their local and global communities is changing the world. York believes in nurturing a culture of respect. We value the contributions of all members of our community and celebrate each success as both an individual accomplishment and an institutional one. Capital Investment We are in the midst of a tremendous transformation on campus. As our campuses expand, so do our horizons. Very soon we will be connected to the GTA by subway. Our thriving new Lassonde School of Engineering is now housed in a state-of-the-art facility and building on our existing programs. The completion of the new, fully accessible York Lions Stadium provides our athletes, students, and residents a place to train and compete at home and we will soon be embarking on the construction of our new Markham campus. Resource Integration & Planning One of York’s key priorities is to support our academic mission and enhance our student experience through fiscal responsibility. The University has achieved significant efficiencies without compromising services. Across all functions, resources are aligned with academic objectives and implemented through effective services. 4 About The Faculty of Science For five decades, the Faculty of Science at York University has been pushing the boundaries of discovery, innovation, learning, engagement, and impact. And our track record of accomplishments inspires us to aim even higher in the years ahead. Our mission: The Faculty of Science is a hub of research and teaching excellence fostering scientific discovery and preparing global thinkers to advance knowledge and human progress. Our students learn from and work with outstanding faculty members, and benefit from leading-edge research facilities. Our scientists collaborate with colleagues around the world in academia, industry and government, and also engage with the community at large through extensive outreach activities and media. To achieve this mission we have established a strategic plan to guide our development around the themes of: Teaching & Learning; Research; Student Success; Investing in People; and Engagement & Outreach. Our 3,400 undergraduate and 430 graduate students, as well as 150 faculty and 80 staff call the Faculty home, and we boast over 13,000 alumni in 165 countries. We are organised into five departments – Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy, and Science and Technology Studies. In addition, the Department of Geography is home to the BSc programs in environmental science and geography. The Division of Natural Science offers general education science courses to non-science students from other Faculties of the University. For undergraduates, our teaching and support staff is committed to preparing
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