Apply to be our Director of Scholarships
"We need to create new avenues for students who have previously fallen between the cracks,
unnoticed by distinguished academics. Science is for everyone willing to put in the effort!"
-Eric M. Welsh, Executive Director
Thank you for your interest in applying for the Director of Scholarships position with GEM for STEM
Please see position descriptions and application deadlines listed below
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Director of Scholarship Part Time Volunteer Position
1 x Position Available - Prescott, AZ
Term: 2 years
Start Date: Upon the successful completion of Background Check (please list your availability in application)
Volunteer Position: roughly 10 hours per month, up to 18 on months with scholarship votes.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Director of Scholarships will review and edit the rules and grading rubricsa for GEM Environmental scholarships, incorporating suggestions from the board. For each scholarship application sent in, the Director of Scholarships will ensure all applications are complete ensuring all supplemental materials have been correctly submitted. If there is an error from the applicant, the director will ask for corrections from the applicant in a timely manner. After the scholarship recipients are announced after a scholarship committee vote, the director will send each approved applicant award notices and each declined applicant edits they can make to improve their scholarship for the next round.
The board meets quarterly to review scholarship applications. The time requirement is approximately 10 hours a week on weeks with a review and approximately 1-4 hours on non-review weeks.
REQUIREMENTS:
JOB DUTIES:
Start Date: Upon the successful completion of Background Check (please list your availability in application)
Volunteer Position: roughly 10 hours per month, up to 18 on months with scholarship votes.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Director of Scholarships will review and edit the rules and grading rubricsa for GEM Environmental scholarships, incorporating suggestions from the board. For each scholarship application sent in, the Director of Scholarships will ensure all applications are complete ensuring all supplemental materials have been correctly submitted. If there is an error from the applicant, the director will ask for corrections from the applicant in a timely manner. After the scholarship recipients are announced after a scholarship committee vote, the director will send each approved applicant award notices and each declined applicant edits they can make to improve their scholarship for the next round.
The board meets quarterly to review scholarship applications. The time requirement is approximately 10 hours a week on weeks with a review and approximately 1-4 hours on non-review weeks.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles.
- Excellent knowledge of Adobe and MS Office
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving ability
- Excellent time management skills
- Work experience or formal education in a STEM field
- Good understanding of the scientific method and processes involved in STEM education.
- Contagious positive attitude
JOB DUTIES:
- Establish and maintain a close working relationship with the Executive Director, Business Manager, and Board of Directors to execute both the organization’s Mission and Goals.
- Efficiently disseminate, collect, catalog, and report on organization statistics for grant reporting.
- Inspire staff, members, participants, and the community to participate in our mission.
- Be a resource for best practices, new ideas, and strong execution of shared goals.
- Foster the next generation of our scientific community through leadership development, value training, personal/professional development, and service learning.
If you're interested in applying, fill out and submit the online web-form below.
Be sure to read our Code of Conduct before submitting your application!
Any application or employment questions may be directed to ericwelsh@gemenvironmental.org
Apply Online
Please fill out the online application below. You will be asked to attach several documents at the end of the application.
