Job description
Description: About us:The Division of University Advancement (DUA) promotes and supports the University of Toronto by engaging a worldwide community of more than 600,000 alumni, plus many donors and friends. DUA encompasses a highly skilled team of staff focused i the areas of development (fundraising), alumni and volunteer engagement, advancement services, and advancement marketing and communications.The uniquely integrated structure encourages each division to bring its particular strengths and expertise to the common cause of advancing U of T’s relations with alumni, donors, and friends. DUA at the University of Toronto is engaged in a transformative agenda deeply rooted in the University’s vision for growth and innovation. DUA is focused on doubling fundraising performance on a sustainable basis; enhancing the effectiveness and satisfaction of alumni participation and programs; building advancement capacity within and across divisions; creating an organization and culture that fosters leadership, initiative, effectiveness, and community; and contributing to the creation of an external relations strategy for a transforming image, reputation and standing of U of T along an axis of differentiation andexcellence.
Responsibilities & skills
Project management skillsKnowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Mac or PC-based) is required. Broad familiarity with web-based research tools for content development is also essential. Design capability and familiarity with design software are definite assets.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.Minimum of six (6) or more years related experience in the area of advancement communicationSuperior writing ability is an essential requirement. The successful candidate will have demonstrated, through a portfolio of samples, professional-level writing ability with respect to style, organization and structure, rhetoric, appropriateness to subject, and breadth of subjectmatter.
Experience
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University of Toronto
Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T) is very much like the Toronto region itself: a large, multicultural community, organized around neighbourhoods, with a huge number of opportunities and resources.Work where the world comes to think, discover and learn and check out the current opportunities at the University of Toronto.For more information, visit www.uoftcareers.utoronto.ca, follow 'University of Toronto' on LinkedIn and @workingatuoft on Twitter.
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