Volunteer

Scholarship Program Manager

Purpose

The scholarship program chair is responsible for planning and administering the RBI Scholarship program annually.

Responsibilities

Program Management & Delivery

  • Creates annual timeline/plan for the scholarship program

  • Participates in setting the scholarship program budget and ensures spending is in alignment with the budget

  • Partners with marketing committee for all needed collateral, marketing and communication of the program

  • Receives scholarship applications

  • Coordinates scholarship committee to review applications and make awards

  • Communicates awards to recipients and applicants

  • Assesses the efficacy of the program and recommends changes for future award cycles

Performs other duties as assigned

Skills & Experience

Required:

  • Able to manage and attend to details

  • Critical thinker and problem solver who demonstrates decision-making and time-management skills

  • Basic project management skills including the ability to plan, execute, track, and report on work in progress

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  • Able to work independently with minimal oversight and as part of a team

  • Able to deal tactfully with school partners, program participants, and the general public

  • ​​Possesses basic computer skills

Preferred:

  • Experience administering a scholarship fund

  • Experience working with Asana or similar project management software

  • Experience working within G-Suite

Expectations

  • Commit to a minimum of 2 years of service

  • Be knowledgeable about the organization, the services it provides, and the community in which it operates

  • Fulfill the responsibilities of the position, which likely will require a time commitment of 1-2 hours/week depending on the week; expect a larger commitment during the scholarship award cycle

  • Attendendance and support of the organization’s events is encouraged

  • Report all time volunteered to the organization for reporting purposes

Physical Demands

None identified