Program Officer for Educational Opportunities

Job Description

Primary Purpose:

The Program Officer for Educational Opportunities primary purpose is to oversee the TFEC scholarship program. This position carries a caseload of scholarships.

Major Accountabilities:

• Oversee all scholarship-related program processes including:
• review, assess and prepares analyses and funding recommendations for scholarship applications.
• serve as team support to the scholarship committees
• inform scholarship grant recipients of their award
• maintain all appropriate files
• receive and process all tuition invoices and make payments
• monitor GPA’s as necessary
• Manage and implement all scholarship work served through management agreement services
• Manage and implement all scholarship work for corporate scholarship funds
• Assist with scholarship committee governance oversight
• Engage scholarship fundholders to build relationships, share scholarship information and communicate relevant TFEC information
• Promote all scholarships as appropriate, working closely with all school counselors, colleges/universities/trade schools and other entities as required
• Monitor scholarship application process in SLM
• Attend meetings and presentations for scholarship related issues, as required
• Monitor the scholarship section of the website to ensure that it is up to date and kept current
• Assist with the creation and implementation of TFEC’s multi-year strategic plan and annualized work plans
• Assist with TFEC’s marketing and communications needs as follows:
• Assist with articles and coordination of TFEC electronic newsletters, as needed
• Assist with implementation of social media and other technologies as needed including email blast system and press releases
• Assist in the implementation of the marketing and communications’ plan
• Assist with the coordination of special events and special mailings, as requested
• Assist with publications such as the annual report and others, as required
• Support Finance team in account reconciliation by monitoring all student payments
• Stay abreast of emerging trends in community foundations and other scholarship organizations about scholarship best practices
• Work with student interns on special projects
• Represent TFEC on community advisory committees as appropriate
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in related field; Master’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Knowledge of nonprofit sector required
• General knowledge of the community issues in the Central Pennsylvania area and the area TFEC serves generally about geography
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent computer skills, experience with Access databases and Microsoft Office
• Experience in working with people, boards and committees in the community
• Ability to work in fast paced environment
• Detail oriented
• Public speaking and community liaison
• Multi-tasking (manage multiple projects and deadlines)
• Creativity and flexibility
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to analyze, think critically
  
  

Company Description

Our Mission

Inspire giving by partnering with donors to achieve their charitable goals, and strengthen our local communities by investing in them now and for future generations.

Our Values:

Inclusion

We believe that all voices are vital for our region’s future. We promote equity and embrace the diversity of individuals, ideas, and expressions.

Stewardship

We are prudent and grateful stewards of the assets, time, and talent entrusted to us.

Endurance

We value creating permanent legacies that support long lasting community change.

Integrity

We will accept nothing but the highest standards of honesty, mutual respect, confidentiality, and transparency.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

TFEC embraces and supports all communities within the community. For over 100 years we have been a neutral convener of HIV/AIDS, homelessness, LGBTQ+ issues, and health disparities in our aging population. We want to make our community a better place where everyone can thrive.

TFEC has worked over the years to combat the inequalities that our communities of color face because of the economic and social effects of systemic racism. We are committed to continuing this work until social and economic equality are fully realized for all.

We condemn the acts of hatred, injustice, racism, prejudice, and violence that black people, people of color, and those from the LGBTQ+ community, and all others that have experienced injustice today and in the past.

Our Mission Inspire giving by partnering with donors to achieve their charitable goals, and strengthen our local communities by investing in them now and for future generations. Our Values: Inclusion We believe that all voices are vital for our region’s future. We promote equity and embrace the diversity of individuals, ideas, and expressions. Stewardship We are prudent and grateful stewards of the assets, time, and talent entrusted to us. Endurance We value creating permanent legacies that support long lasting community change. Integrity We will accept nothing but the highest standards of honesty, mutual respect, confidentiality, and transparency. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion TFEC embraces and supports all communities within the community. For over 100 years we have been a neutral convener of HIV/AIDS, homelessness, LGBTQ+ issues, and health disparities in our aging population. We want to make our community a better place where everyone can thrive. TFEC has worked over the years to combat the inequalities that our communities of color face because of the economic and social effects of systemic racism. We are committed to continuing this work until social and economic equality are fully realized for all. We condemn the acts of hatred, injustice, racism, prejudice, and violence that black people, people of color, and those from the LGBTQ+ community, and all others that have experienced injustice today and in the past.