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VER Development & Alumni Relations

While this position welcomes applications from the public, please note that preference will be given to current employees at the University of Alberta. Please indicate your internal status using the "Advertisement" drop down menu when applying.

This position is a part of the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA).

In accordance with the Administrative and Professional Officer Agreement, this full-time continuing position offers a comprehensive benefits package found on our Benefits Overview page and annual salary range of $69,386 to $115,642.

Location - Enterprise Square. This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person.

Working for the University of Alberta

The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.

The University of Alberta is teeming with change makers, community builders, and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to more than 40,000 students in 200+ undergraduate and 500+ graduate programs, over 13,000 faculty and staff, 260,000 alumni worldwide and have been recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for over a decade.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross section of people—from our students and stakeholders, to our renowned researchers and innovators who are quite literally curing diseases, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger, and more just.

Ideas. Talent. Purpose.

At the University of Alberta, we begin with people - people with ideas, talent, and purpose.

Every generation is called upon to build a university poised to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow. We meet those challenges grounded by our roots — yet spurred forward by our profound responsibility to seek truth, solve problems and shape a future unhampered by fixed tradition.

Here we seek out challenges so we can create change. We question and test the status quo and then innovate on it. We collaborate and integrate. We overcome barriers so our ideas can collide and grow.

And, together, we create new purpose.

A career in Development at the University of Alberta positions you as a key player in creating this future. Bring your passion for relationship building and your belief in the power of philanthropy to the University of Alberta, and help deepen our dedication to excellence and extend our record of public leadership by playing a lead role in building a better province, a better Canada, and a better world.

Position

Reporting to the Manager, Major Gifts & Planned Giving, the Development Officer, Planned Giving is responsible for managing a portfolio of donor prospects and participating in the development and delivery of the Planned Giving Program.

The Development Officer, Planned Giving helps establish program goals, implements planned giving programming, and develops long term philanthropic relationships with planned giving prospects and donors. He/she solicits planned gifts and coordinates strategic activities to help Development reach its overall financial goals. The Development Officer, Planned Giving works independently and collaboratively as a team member in Development and with colleagues throughout the faculties and the administration.

The Major Gifts & Planned Giving Team strives to provide meaningful donor experiences that allow people to create their own legacy, find connection with the University of Alberta, and ensure that their future gifts are structured in a way that is most beneficial for them. As a member of this dynamic team of fundraising professionals, the Development Officer, Planned Giving is responsible for securing planned gifts in support of the teaching and research mission of the University of Alberta and assisting all frontline fundraisers in their planned giving fundraising efforts by providing strategic advice and technical information.

Responsibilities include:

• Planned Giving fundraising from a defined portfolio of individual planned giving prospects.
• Maintaining and using a basic knowledge of gift planning strategies and vehicles, along with an understanding of tax and trust laws applicable to basic estate planning fundamentals.
• Participation in strategic planning and program delivery for Planned Giving fundraising, and
• Communication and coordination with other External Relations portfolios.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of three years experience in professional fundraising, with preference given to experience in a post-secondary environment or similarly complex organization.
• Basic knowledge of tax and trust laws affecting planned giving, vehicles/strategies and charitable estate planning is considered an asset.
• Proven ability to identify, qualify, cultivate and solicit individual gifts on a face-to-face basis.
• Appreciation of the mission of a major research university and the ability to creatively match the university's highest priority needs with the interests of alumni and friends.
• Self-motivated, proactive, energetic, creative, goal oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to work towards goals within deadlines.
• Problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be a contributing member of multidisciplinary teams.
• Well-developed level of computer literacy.
• Willing and able to travel for work including staffing evening and weekend programs and events.

Preferred Qualifications

Fundraising experience and/or planned giving experience in a post-secondary environment or similarly complex organization.

How to Apply

Note: Online applications are accepted until midnight Mountain Standard Time of the closing date.

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