Manager, Scholarship Outreach - Leesburg, United States - Jack Kent Cooke Found

Description

• In collaboration with the Vice President, develops strategic outreach plans for each of the external scholarship programs. Develops innovative approaches to outreach to potential scholarship applicants and nominees, managing strategic partnerships with individuals and organizations, including outreach partners, pipeline organizations, community colleges, fouryear institutions of higher education, community and professional organizations, Grantees, and other organizations.
• Works closely with the Coordinator for Selection and Outreach on scholarship outreach activities and external communications.
• Oversees technologyoriented recruiting initiatives, including building and maintaining outreach and communications databases and working to ensure their effective use, and working with the internal communications team to develop videos or other media for outreach campaigns.
• Manages contracts of outreach partnerships and service providers. Provides training to outreach partner representatives and guides their scopes of work for executing outreach strategies; monitors their work to ensure that they spend time and resources wisely; and assists in evaluating effectiveness of their efforts. Regularly meets with pipeline and outreach partners and explores new alternative recruiting techniques with them. Researches additional pipeline and outreach relationships.
• Represents the Foundation before external audiences, including speaking at and attending conferences, visiting partner organizations, and preparing and hosting webinars and other online outreach for prospective applicants and those with access to prospective applicants.
• Ensures that all content on the Foundation website meets style and brand guidelines. Works with external vendor to update website as needed to ensure a positive user experience. Liaises between IT, Programs, and internal communications Staff to ensure that program information on the public website is consistent with external marketing material, selection criteria, and the like.
• Monitors traditional and social media coverage daily, notifying appropriate Staff of Cooke news placements. Promotes coverage as deemed appropriate on external channels. Coordinates social media coverage with Programs team to ensure that the various social media channels are in alignment.
• Works closely with the Vice President, Scholarship Program Operations to assist public relations firm (Whiteboard Advisers) with responding to media requests, ensuring timely responses. Works with other departments as necessary to coordinate interviews with Staff, Scholars, and partners. Prepares for quarterly board meeting memos including news clips and quarterly publication of the Cooke Chronicle.
• Prepares and manages budgets for outreach and prepares reports for internal and external use, on a regular basis and as needed by management, Staff, and Board of Directors.
• Actively participates in Foundation meetings and works collaboratively with others to complete projects and goals.
• Other tasks as assigned.

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years' experience in communications, admissions, and/or outreach to highachieving students; philanthropy; or other related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to create and manage external institutional relationships; familiarity with outreach partners and pipeline partners preferred.
• Digital and analytic capacity, including ability to use digital recruiting techniques, prepare reports using webbased resources, and interact using social media.
• Strong demonstrated experience as a project and/or program manager, preferably in the areas of recruitment, outreach, education, or other related areas.
• High level of written and oral communication skills and abilities and staff and interpersonal relations management.
• A strong detail orientation and ability to work independently and simultaneously on multiple projects within close, overlapping and/or conflicting deadlines.
• Must be a flexible team player committed to the Foundation's mission.
• A demonstrated commitment to supporting and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• The Foundation follows a 35hour work week schedule for fulltime positions. Exempt employees are required to work any additional hours necessary to perform the duties of the job.