Director of Advancement

**Date Posted**:06/20/2025
**Req ID**:43751
**Faculty/Division**: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design
**Department**: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

**Description**:
**Your Opportunity**:
The University of Toronto is seeking a Director of Advancement to strategically lead the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design’s advancement programs with the goals of increasing fundraising revenues and alumni engagement in support of the Faculty’s highest academic and institutional priorities. The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto is seeking a highly collaborative and strategic fundraising professional with a significant track record of success to join our team.

The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry, and visual studies — as well as unique undergraduate programs that use architectural studies and visual studies as a lens through which students may pursue a broad, liberal arts-based education. Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals, and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just, and artfully conceived environments.

The greater Toronto region serves as a dynamic laboratory for both its students and faculty, while the University of Toronto, which year after year ranks among the top universities in the world, provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that they can draw from. Like Toronto, Daniels students and faculty are incredibly cosmopolitan in sensibility, hailing from every part of the world, with their work crossing all sorts of geographic and cultural boundaries. The city’s multicultural networks and international connections make the Daniels Faculty a powerful place to start a career.

The Director of Advancement reports jointly to the Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and to the Vice President, Advancement (or his/her designate) and is a member of the Vice-President, Advancement’s University-wide Senior Advancement Leadership Team.

The Director of Advancement is responsible for the development and execution of advancement plans and strategies to accomplish divisional fundraising and alumni engagement goals, as well as related personal and team results, in close consultation with the Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and the Vice President, Advancement. The Director of Advancement is accountable to the Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design on the development and fulfillment of advancement plans and strategies that support the faculty’s academic mission.

The Director of Advancement will possess superior solicitation experience and a demonstrated track record of securing significant philanthropic support; a strong commitment to recruiting, developing, and empowering a team of high-performance advancement professionals; and a strong commitment to establishing and supporting efforts to meaningfully engage alumni and volunteers in support of the Faculty’s academic mission. The incumbent will demonstrate proactive leadership and team building skills, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, an ability to work collaboratively with other teams, and a commitment to set and achieve ambitious advancement goals. As such, the Director of Advancement will also embody a strong commitment to define the leading edge of advancement practice in Canada and to enhance the University’s overall reputation for advancement excellence.

The Director of Advancement, has overall responsibility for a team of professionals tasked with identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and developing tailored programs to enhance the interest and engagement of individuals who directly, or through other sources, have or are capable of making gifts at a significant level.

**DEFY GRAVITY: The Campaign for the University of Toronto**

On December 13, 2021, the University proudly launched _Defy Gravity: The Campaign_ _for the University of Toronto_.**The largest university campaign in Canadian history will harness the power of our worldwide community, including more than 640,000 alumni, 95,000 students, and 23,000 faculty and staff, for the betterment of humanity.

From pioneering work in the humanities to the breakthrough development of neural networks, the University of Toronto has a long history of tackling the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity of its faculty, students, and alumni.

In a world searching for positive change, we will build on this tradition to address some of the biggest challenges facing our city, country, and planet as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and grapple with this age of climate change, inequali