Development Associate

Date Posted: 07/11/2025
Req ID: 44225
Faculty/Division: Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Department: Rotman Commerce
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00058055

Description:

About us:

The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and academic excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial and financial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. We make a fundamental promise – Here’s where it changes – to our students, our partners and the broader community. Everyone at Rotman, faculty and staff, plays a role in bringing that promise to life.


Your opportunity:

The Rotman Commerce program is offered jointly by the Rotman School of Management and the Faculty of Arts and Science. It is a highly respected program within the business, financial and academic communities. Rotman Commerce serves approximately 3,300 in-program undergraduate business students as well as over 18,000 graduates of the Bachelor of Commerce program. Rotman Commerce offers its students a rich and rigorous academic program alongside ample opportunities to develop themselves personally and professionally.

As the Development Associate, you will be responsible for supporting the advancement and alumni engagement goals of Rotman Commerce through a wide range of activities focused on donor relations, fundraising, communications, events, and administrative coordination. In this role, you will foster positive relationships with prospective and existing donors, assist in the planning and execution of fundraising campaigns, and contribute to the development of donor stewardship strategies. You will also play a key role in organizing donor recognition activities and alumni events, developing and maintaining donor records, preparing marketing and promotional materials, and coordinating key communications to strengthen donor engagement and alumni connections. This position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while handling sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.


Your responsibilities will include:

• Fostering and maintaining positive relationships with prospective and existing donors by supporting their engagement and ensuring timely, thoughtful responses to inquiries, service issues, and requests
• Supporting fundraising campaigns and initiatives by contributing to prospect identification, solicitation strategies, and tracking donor activity, as well as preparing donor acknowledgment and recognition communications
• Drafting, editing, and coordinating communications and marketing materials such as donor appeals, stewardship reports, brochures, newsletters, and digital content to promote fundraising priorities and donor engagement
• Planning and executing donor and alumni events by coordinating logistics, managing invitation lists, booking venues and speakers, and supporting on-site event delivery
• Preparing briefing notes, solicitation plans, and donor call reports to inform and support senior staff and faculty in their donor engagement and solicitation efforts
• Maintaining and updating donor databases and tracking systems by ensuring accurate and up-to-date records of donor interactions, pledges, and contributions
• Monitoring project and program budgets by tracking expenditures, preparing purchase orders, and providing regular updates to ensure proper financial oversight

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent education and experience
• Minimum three (3) years recent and related experience
• Proven experience in working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience planning and organizing events
• Experience with data management/databases and preparing reports
• Excellent and proven communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to draft, proofread and edit a range of written material
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and professional presence necessary to interact with alumni, donors, faculty, staff and other stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Well-developed skills in MS Office, database software and web content management systems
• Strong organizational skills

Assets (Nonessential):

• Recent and related experience in the advancement field (preferably in an education setting), supporting fundraising, alumni/donor relations and events management

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Communicator
• Efficient
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Team player

Notes:

This is a 2-year term.

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 07/21/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 10 -- $70,844. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $90,595. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Jen Salerno

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.