Director of Development, Faculty of Law

Overview

Classification & Regular Hours
Hours per Week: 35

Salary Grade: 17

Hiring Range: $85,000 – $110,000, salary commensurate with experience

About Western
Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the “Western Experience” – an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

About Us
The Western Advancement division plays a leading role in strengthening awareness of and support for the University’s mission and goals by leading alumni relations and fundraising efforts across campus and beyond. All departments within the Division build enduring alumni and public trust through understanding and support for Western University in a coordinated campus-wide effort that results in the engagement and funding needed to make an impact.

There are 3 departments within the Division – Departments of Development, Alumni Relations and Advancement Operations.

Western Law educates students in the core areas of Canadian law, in analytical skills and in effective legal research, writing and advocacy. We will also provide students with opportunities to apply their legal knowledge and to gain experience in group work, dispute resolution, and leadership skills development. Western Law’s goal is to be the pre-eminent law school in Canada focusing on business law in the global environment.

Western Law has an academic community of more than 500 students and an alumni base of over 6,000. The generous funding support we have received from our alumni over the years has been critically important to our continued success. However, equally important is the support we receive from our alumni in helping us shape our strategic objectives, as well as in the classroom, in hosting events and in supporting our advocacy and clinical programs.

The Director of Development, Faculty of Law, serves as the Deans’ strategic partner in advancement. In addition to donor cultivation and solicitation, the Director will help shape fundraising strategy and translate Faculty priorities into fundable initiatives with clear budgets. The Director will partner with Western Communications to develop high-quality communications (including cases for support, proposals and Dean-level outreach), advise on pricing of initiatives, and ensure fundraising activity is focused, realistic, and effective.

The Director will manage a small development team, fostering collaboration, humility, and shared credit. The role will be responsible for significantly increasing and diversifying revenue to the university and will design, develop, implement, evaluate and manage fundraising strategies as part of an overall development process which matches the Faculty’s and the University’s objectives and financial needs with the highest philanthropic aspirations of donors who have the capacity to make significant gifts.

Reporting to the Managing Director, Faculty Development, the Director will work closely with the Dean, Faculty of Law, in a dotted-line reporting relationship and interacts and works closely with faculty and administrative offices to develop and implement cultivation and solicitation strategies to support their programs.

Western Values Diversity
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone .

Please Note:
This position is an existing vacancy. We…