Education Specialist

The Education Specialist is responsible for leading all aspects of the Black United Fund’s programs, focusing on our, ACCESS (Achieving College Competency and Educational Success for Students) Program. The Education Specialist will also act as an active member of BUF’s team, participating in planning, program development, fundraising, and administration.

Duties

1. ACCESS Program (Achieving College Competency and Educational Success for Students)
• Lead, manage and implement all logistics of our four education programs:
(1) Scholarship Program; (2) ASPIRE (Access to Student assistance Programs In Reach of Everyone) Mentoring Program; (3) Scholarship Writing Workshops, and (4) College Fair
• Manages scholarship application process including managing and working with the scholarship selection committee.
• Ensures proper administration of all Black United Fund scholarship awards, including serving as liaison to the Board of Directors, prompt and accurate data entry in GiftWorks activities, and timely reports on Scholarship award making activities.
• Periodically tracks educational progress of BUF scholarship awardees.
• Periodically evaluates and updates scholarship application, process and program.
• Create a Scholars Alumni network.
• Organize, present and facilitate scholarship writing workshops. Facilitate at least 200 students through workshops per year.
• Become familiar with the ASPIRE curriculum materials, website, guidelines, and policies.
• Recruit and train volunteers to serve at scholarship writing workshops, as ASPIRE Mentors and where needed. Develop volunteer recognition program.
• Develop and organize a committee to organize and implement the College Fair.
• Maintains continual contact with Executive Director to evaluate the progress of the Scholarships Programs.
• Organize and outreach to schools, youth programs, churches and other groups the Scholarship, Scholarship Writing Workshops and College Fair.
• Conducts annual inventory of library resources for scholarships. Monitor and suggest purchase of scholarship resource materials as needed.

2. Communications, fundraising, and outreach
• Works closely with Development team to facilitate collecting stories, testimonials, and photography from scholarship recipients, scholarship writing workshop participants and college fair attendees.
• Assist with updating the website, blog, and social networks (Facebook and Twitter).
• Solicit sponsors for College Fair.
• Participate in workplace giving fundraising where needed. Examples, giving presentations in campaigns and working with workplace giving Ambassadors.
• Represent BUF in the community and at community meetings and events.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Executive Director.