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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
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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.
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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.
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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 students for whatever path
their future life takes, whether it be further studies at graduate or professional schools, business or
entrepreneurial activities, or the great diversity of working life. Courses in science are rich in learning
experiences found through combinations of laboratories, problem solving sessions, tutorial discussions,
and of course engaging formal lectures. Peer-led tutorials and supplemental instruction opportunities are
crucial supports through which student learning thrives and are organised through Bethune College, our
associated college.
Graduate teaching is fundamentally based on research mentoring. Courses and seminars provide the
disciplinary foundation but the in-depth research project, whether for the Masters or PhD degree,
conducted under the daily supervision of a scientist with international stature in their field, forms the heart
of the teaching and learning experience. This is our mission – to provide an unparalleled learning
environment.
For more information on the Faculty, please see: http://science.yorku.ca
Faculty Strategic Plan: http://science.yorku.ca/about-fsc/faculty-of-science-strategic-plan-2015-2020
News stories: http://science.yorku.ca/community-alumni/news
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Biography – Dean Ray Jayawardhana
Professor Ray Jayawardhana is the dean of science and a
professor of physics and astronomy at York University. A
graduate of Yale and Harvard, he uses many of the
world’s largest telescopes to explore planetary origins and
diversity.
Professor Jayawardhana joined York University as dean
on July 1, 2014. He was previously with the University of
Toronto, where he was a Professor of Astronomy and
Astrophysics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and held
the Canada Research Chair in Observational
Astrophysics. Professor Jayawardhana holds a Ph.D. in
Astronomy from Harvard University and a B.S. in
Astronomy and Physics from Yale University. Prior to his
appointment at the University of Toronto in 2004, he held
an appointment at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
He is the co-author of more than 120 papers in scientific journals, and is a co-editor of two books, Star
Formation at High Angular Resolution and Young Stars Near Earth: Progress and Prospects. His
findings have made headlines worldwide, and he is also an award-winning writer whose articles have
appeared in The Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Muse, Scientific
American, and more.
His research and writing have led to numerous accolades, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the
Royal Society of Canada’s Rutherford Medal, the Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences, and the McLean
Award. He is the recipient of a number of awards and honours, and his research has attracted significant
grant support.
Professor Jayawardhana enjoys an outstanding reputation for promoting the sciences with the media,
government, the public, and external bodies. He is frequently featured in various radio, television and
print media venues speaking to current issues in astronomy, and is the author of three popular books:
Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe,
Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System, and Star
Factories: The Birth of Stars and Planets. His book Strange New Worlds was the basis of “The Planet
Hunters” television documentary on the CBC, while Neutrino Hunters won the CSWA Science in Society
Book Award. He has an excellent record of engagement with students, having supervised and advised a
large number of graduate students and developed and co-taught a Big Ideas course on “The End of the
World.”
For more information on Professor Jayawardhana, see http://www.rayjay.net
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Advancement at York University
The Division of Advancement promotes York University’s teaching and research priorities by engaging
our diverse community of alumni and friends to build long-term mutually-beneficial relationships to secure
philanthropic support for the University’s students.
Our team is comprised of more than 80 employees in 3 departments:
Advancement Services and Operations leads efforts to support the Development and Alumni
Engagement teams.
Development leads efforts to promote and secure philanthropic support from alumni, donors, parents
and friends.
Alumni Engagement provides programs and services to over 295,000 York alumni worldwide.
Our mission is to inspire and cultivate meaningful engagement and philanthropic support within our
diverse communities to advance York University’s excellence in education, research and community
service. We accomplish our mission through our values of accountability, collaboration and
entrepreneurship.
Impact: The Campaign for York University
Impact:The Campaign for York University has raised $350M towards its $500M goal launched in April
2016 and focusses on three priorities:
Mobilizing New Ways of Thinking
The best professors and students undertake research and learning opportunities that are globally
relevant, while also embracing the changing needs of their local communities. Attracting outstanding
scholars and introducing more unique learning opportunities for students are important priorities of Impact
- The Campaign for York University.
Preparing Engaged Global Citizens
York students exceed expectations in every way. They credit their successes to the support of inspiring
faculty mentors, well‐equipped facilities, thought‐provoking learning experiences, a dynamic community,
and a comprehensive program of financial aid. Campaign gifts will help ensure every qualified student –
including the many who are the first in their families to attend university — benefits from the experiences
and support they need to become the global leaders of tomorrow.
Building Stronger Communities
To help advance research, provide relevant learning experiences for students and deliver impact at home
and abroad, York is building stronger communities — on campus and through our connections with
partners who share our goals locally, across Canada and beyond. Through Impact – The Campaign for
York University, we will continue to strengthen our campus to meet changing student and community
needs, and foster our students’ commitment to community engagement locally, nationally and globally.
This is an exciting time to be at York. Taking an integrated approach, the Division of Advancement is
reaching new heights through Impact:The Campaign for York University. Together with our partners
across the University, we will enable York to continue to lead and to further our reputation as a leading
research university in the 21st century.
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Faculty of Science Priorities
The Faculty of Science’s $20-million campaign for engaged science will enable us to invest in and
support the basic sciences to advance critical breakthroughs. Because science is a key contributor to
how our society is governed and how we live, we are committed to leading in the area of engaged
science to harness the potential of genetics, manage mountains of data, plumb the deepest mysteries of
the brain, and cope with climate change.
Preparing Engaged Global Citizens $7M
Graduate Student Scholarships
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Awards in Science
Promoting Peer Leadership in Math and Science
Integrated Science First-Year Program
Excellence in Science Education Program
Building Stronger Communities $3M
York U Astronomical Observatory
York University Science Forum
Science Camps & Kids’ Workshops
Speakers Bureau in Schools
Mobilizing New Ways of Thinking $10M
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Research Chairs
Industry Collaborations
Innovative Grants
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Major Duties of the Role
Manage a diverse portfolio of 150 – 200 major and principal gift prospects at various relationship
stages (eg. cultivation, solicitation and stewardship), including individuals, corporations, foundations,
and other organizations from $25,000 and up..
Liaise with other Advancement staff members (eg. VP Advancement, AVP Development, Directors
Development) who may manage prospects above $1M where those prospects may consider a gift to
Science.
Works in collaboration with the Dean and other academic leads to build cases for support and related
fundraising priorities.
Prepare customized major gift proposals, negotiate and bring solicitations to closure both
independently and in conjunction with senior administrators and senior fundraising volunteers
(including the preparation of gift agreements in conjunction with the stewardship staff, the unit
head(s), legal counsel, and others as necessary).
Ensure recognition and thorough stewardship of donors including follow-through on the gift
implementation, administration of the funds and related expenditures.
Liaise with volunteers, and advisory and/or other volunteer committees, to further major gift activity
(eg. by canvassing prospects and establishing priorities related to fundraising programs).
Prepare a work plan with goals and objectives, as well as a timeline and strategies keeping a focus
on advancing relationships with top prospects while continuing to integrate new prospects into the
portfolio; prepare written and oral reports outlining progress, adverse trends and appropriate
recommendations or conclusions for the Director, Dean, advisory committees, and others as required.
Contribute to the preparation of a budget and monitor expenses so as not to exceed that budget.
Incorporate other areas of Advancement into cultivation and solicitation strategies as appropriate
including but not limited to: gift planning; annual giving (eg. conducting/incorporating annual asks into
donor engagement); Alumni Relations (eg. leveraging alumni events to connect with existing and
potential prospects and relaying useful information to the alumni team); advancement services (eg.
ensuring pledge information is relayed quickly and correctly).
Documents and monitors call and communication activity ensuring efforts (including prospect and
proposal coding updates, address updates, employment information etc) are recorded in York’s
Advancement software system (AWA); ensuring that efforts are aligned with York’s prospect
management system and promptly recorded in AWA; ensuring that new possible leads are passed to
the Research and Development Team.
Scope of Decision Making
Determines how best to advance major and principal gift prospect relationships including which senior
university officials and volunteers to involve and when to attempt to take the next step in a given
relationship.
Determine how best to allocate own time and the time of senior administrators and volunteers in the
context of their own prospect pool (with prospects varying by rating and relationship stage) and
prospects assigned to other York University fundraising professionals.
Determine what to include and exclude in proposals to prospective donors in light of prospective
donor research and in light of York University contacts with the donor.
Determine how best to steward donors’ gifts to ensure their continued engagement with York and to
maximize the likelihood of future giving to York University.
Decide how best to organize own available time and requests of others’ time in order to maximize the
benefit to York University balancing short-, medium-, and longer term returns on the investment of
University resources.
In collaboration with the Director, Major Gifts, maximizes the engagement of the Dean and academic
leaders with Advancement activity to facilitate the best results for York and to build a culture of joint
collective ownership of the advancement enterprise.
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Determine how to deal with complaints and how to resolve disputes; recognize when a major issue
should be brought to the attention of senior management. Answer questions and respond to concerns
in a timely and diplomatic manner.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Significant experience in professional fundraising, with a demonstrated capacity to close major and
principal gifts and with substantial exposure to stewardship and planned giving; university fundraising
and major campaign experience are assets.
A passion for science and University Fundraising.
Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) in a concise, creative, and persuasive manner.
Excellent interpersonal skills in order to interact with a variety of individuals at many different levels
Strong ability to make highly effective formal and informal presentations to diverse groups, large and
small.
Ability to organize, motivate, and work constructively with staff, students, and volunteers; ability to
facilitate groups of people to work towards a common goal.
Ability to fulfill the needs of the Faculty of Science while working as a team with other staff in the
department; ability to work independently while also working as a member of the Advancement team.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
A strong commitment to customer service.
Ability to write and speak fluently in the English language and be able to write for the university and
fundraising environment to advance fundraising cases for support and to develop strategic
advancement plans.
Demonstrates the ability to draft, and coach others to draft, proposals, gift agreements, stewardship
reports and other written documentation as required.
Demonstrated ability to work with senior volunteers and senior organizational leadership.
Ability to provide project leadership to many individuals with diverse interests and objectives; skills in
diplomacy and negotiation to mediate between these individuals.
Excellent project management, prioritization, and time-management skills are required to manage
multiple on-going projects simultaneously.
Strong analytical, research, interpretative, and evaluation skills.
Computer literacy and competency with word-processing and spreadsheet applications, fundraising
and prospect management databases, and internet skills.
CFRE professional designation is required, or a commitment to complete the CFRE certification
within 3 years of start date.
A university education is required for this position. We will also consider candidates who possess an
equivalent combination of education and fundraising experience specifically in an educational setting.
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Points of Pride
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The Best of 2016: York University's Top 10
Visionary A landmark investment in research was announced this fall at York University. The Government of Canada acknowledged York’s expertise in vision research with a $33.3 million Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) grant to support the Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) program. This investment supports research across a wide range of applications of vision science, from basic visual function to computer vision and object recognition.
Best in the Business The Economist has ranked the MBA program at York’s Schulich School of Business No. 1 in Canada in its annual survey of the world’s Top 100 MBA programs. This marks the 14th straight year that Schulich has placed No. 1 in Canada in this survey. In addition to finishing first among Canadian business schools, Schulich ranked 56th overall and 19th in the world among non-U.S. schools.
C’est Magnifique For 50 years, York's Glendon College has delivered a who’s who of liberal arts grads. As Canada’s only bilingual liberal arts campus with a focus on public life, its alumni are assuming leading roles in government, business and non-governmental organizations across the country and around the globe. Today, Glendon boasts more than 14,000 alumni worldwide.
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The Best of 2016: York University's Top 10 Totally Green
The Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University opened its new Lillian Meighen Wright Centre and EcoCampus this spring, deep within a rainforest in southern Costa Rica. The 400-square-metre centre, overlooking the Peñas Blancas River offers students hands-on experiential learning opportunities.
She’s a Standout Lilly Singh (BA ’10) still doesn’t think she’s famous, even though the sassy 28-year-old comic and entertainer has attracted more than ten million subscribers to her YouTube channel and become a household name – all in just four years.
Picture This The Mirkopoulos family of Cinespace Film Studios is providing York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) with a state-of-the-art facility for teaching, learning and creation using pioneering motion media technologies. The generous $2.5 million gift from Cinespace Film Studios and the Mirkopoulos family has funded the creation of the new York University AMPD Motion Media Studio @ Cinespace, embedded at the company’s Kipling Avenue studio complex.
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The Best of 2016: York University's Top 10
It’s Instrumental York University researcher, Michael Daly is the lead scientist on a laser altimeter that will map the surface and create a 3D model of the asteroid Bennu during a NASA mission launching in 2016. The instrument will also help to guide the spacecraft on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission to a safe spot, where it will grab a sample to bring back to Earth.
Raise a Glass A new instrument developed by York researchers has cut down the time it takes to detect E. coli in water from a few days to a couple of hours. This ground-breaking device is an inexpensive way to test drinking water (estimated C$3 per test), and a boon for many developing countries and remote areas of Canada’s North.
Big. Bold. Beautiful. The architecturally award-winning Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence at York's Lassonde School of Engineering, (a.k.a “The Cloud”), is reimagining students’ learning experience by fostering creativity and emphasizing a hands-on approach. Its cutting-edge labs and learning spaces, with white boards lining the walls (and even the elevators), encourage collaboration and idea generation wherever creativity may happen. The building was designed by Toronto’s ZAS Architects + Interiors.
Here’s Our Resume York was ranked fifth out of the 30 universities in Canada that have been named by local recruiters as particularly good at preparing graduates for the workplace, according to a survey published by Times Higher Education. Universities at the top of the ranking are spread across Canada, including institutions in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. The survey from which the ranking was produced has been running for six years.