College Access Team Lead

The Organization:

The Scholarship Academy (TSA) is a comprehensive scholarship preparatory program that teaches low-income, first-generation college students to create realistic college funding strategies. TSA specializes in connecting students to a vital four-year college funding pipeline. Since our inception, we have trained over 10,000 students, helping them to secure more than $40M in private scholarships. The Scholarship Academy's ultimate goal is to help our students take ownership of their financial futures.

The Role:

Recruiting and training Scholarship Academy ambassadors and volunteers to assist with providing core curriculum modules and serving as scholarship mentors; Communicating with partner organizations, vendors, and sponsors; Coordinating TSA courses at a partner site, collecting data and reporting outcomes to share with partner organizations and stakeholders; Maintaining student portfolios and online student profiles; Coordinate whole school supports such as boot camps, scholarship lunches, and scholarship bus visits; Assist with coordination of TSA Signature Events such as The Scholarship Fair and Financial Aid Simulation Day; Training students and identified school staff on how to use the Virtual Scholarship Center; Scheduling of state-wide TSA school and community activities and events; Train and support TSA staff and volunteers on TSA program implementation; Support/monitor reporting and tracking of TSA data and evaluation processes with executive leadership. Being able to take the lead in projects and lead brainstorming sessions along with collaborating with other team members.