- Manage all Foundation scholarship cycles, including but not limited to the following:
- Lead the outreach and publicity for scholarships, with assistance from the Communications team.
- Provide phone and email support to prospective applicants and scholarship fund advisors.
- For each scholarship program, ensure alignment between the fund agreement, guidelines, application, evaluation criteria, and marketing materials.
- Participate in facilitating committee meetings to review award recommendations.
- Collaborate with the Director to develop a scholarship committee orientation.
- Collaborate with the Director to ensure compliance with the Foundation and IRS policy, as well as scholarship best practices.
- Manage scholarship award processing and reporting.
- Collaborate with Development team to create a webinar for donors interested in starting a scholarship fund.
- Collaborate with Director and Development team to onboard newly funded scholarship programs.
- Help maintain ACF's external facing scholarship application portal - Scholarship Lifecycle Manager (SLM).
- Research best practices for Community Foundation scholarship programs.
- Represent the Foundation in the community as directed including in the Alaska Scholarship Provider Network and National Scholarship Provider Association.
- Collaborate on annual planning with the Foundation's Program and Grants team.
- Educate and trains staff on scholarship management systems where appropriate.
- Support other Foundation grant cycles as requested by the Director of Programs and Grants.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Your appreciation for Alaska and its youth.
- Your excellent communication skills, including enthusiasm for and comfort with public speaking.
- Your ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment and to adjust daily as priorities shift.
- Your ability and eagerness to work as part of the Foundation team.
- Your talents for working independently and taking initiative when appropriate.
- Your good judgment and professionalism.
- Experience working with a nonprofit agency professionally or as a volunteer.
- Experience working with high school youth.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Strong computer skills and database management including Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SharePoint, OneDrive, etc.).
- Strong critical thinking and analytic skills.
- Health, Dental and Vision plans with generous employer funding of employee premiums and some employer funding of dependent premiums.
- A 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match after one year of service.
- Starting PTO is 18 days year and rises incrementally after 2 years of service.
- 12 paid Holidays per year.
- Group insurance including life/short term disability/long term disability provided by employer.
- Other benefits include an Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Spending accounts, an Employee Giving Program and four hours of flexible time each week.
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Scholarship Management Specialist - Anchorage, United States - The Alaska Community Foundation
Description
Job Description Position Title: Scholarship Management Specialist
Reports To: Director of Programs and Grants
Position Type: Full-time, non-exempt
About us:
The Alaska Community Foundation (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, public foundation with a mission of inspiring the spirit of giving and connecting people, organizations, and causes to strengthen Alaska's communities now and forever. To learn more please visit our website:
POSITION SUMMARY
The Scholarship Management Specialist is an entry level position, responsible for administering Foundation's scholarships, including the creation of scholarship application cycles, the processing of awards, maintenance of scholarship records, customer service for student applicants, and compliance with organizational policies and IRS rules and regulations.
This position is responsible for coordinating more than 50 annual scholarship programs and application processes, providing top-notch support to the student applicants as well as the generous donors who make these scholarships possible. This position acts as the main point of contact with youth organizations statewide to conduct outreach in collaboration with the Program & Grants team. This is an in-office position based in Anchorage.
Your Impact
Scholarship Program Management
The Salary range is between $49,000 and $59,000 and is commensurate with experience and expertise.
Benefits (upon eligibility) include:
If you are comfortable with the salary range, meet the position qualifications and are ready to bring your knowledge skills, and abilities to our team please apply for the Scholarship Program Officer position. This position is open for applications until filled. Applications must include a cover letter, resume, and three professional references. Please send to Christine Brown at
The Alaska Community Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse pool of applicants.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required, sometimes for extended periods, to stand or sit. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, multi-function machines, and filing cabinets. The employee is occasionally required to climb stairs; use hands to type, finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; balance stoop, kneel, or crouch; and get in and out of vehicles. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move small or large objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.