Bursary and Scholarship Support Officer
Bursary and Scholarship Support Officer
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22-04-2025
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Job Description
Bursary and Scholarship Support Officer
Summer Position
Toronto or Six Nations ON
Salary: $22/hr.
Closing Date: May 2 2025 at 5:00 pm EST
Employment Opportunity
Indspire is an Indigenous charity and a Top 10 Impact Charity for the past five years. We invest in the education of First Nations Inuit and Mtis people for the longterm benefit of these individuals their families and communities and Canada.
Indspire is seeking a Bursary and Scholarship Support Officer to start immediately for a summer position. The role of the Bursary and Scholarship Support Officer is to provide support and coordinate all activities related to postsecondary education bursary and scholarship applicants including reporting and follow up. They also provide support to applicants before during and after the application process. This role reports to the Manager Building Brighter Futures.
Key Responsibilities
- Processing student applications: assess eligibility sort and categorize into program and confirm appropriate budget assess according to criteria.
- Responding daily to telephone and email inquiries from applicants and the general public.
- Ensuring each application is complete according to application criteria.
- Contacting applicants by email and telephone regarding program requirements documentation etc. as required.
- Inputting information into a database for record keeping and reporting purposes.
- Supporting the Manager in gathering data for donor reports.
- Providing program administrative support including reception as required.
- Other related job duties as assigned by the Manager of PostSecondary Education.
Qualifications
- First Nations and Inuit secondary and postsecondary students aged 15 to 30 inclusive.
- Must ordinarily reside on reserve or in recognized communities or on community lands.
- Completion of high school and postsecondary education or equivalent experience.
- Ability to work in a highvolume processing environment.
- Effective spoken and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills attention to detail flexibility.
- Ability to work under pressure manage and prioritize competing demands within short timelines.
- Ability to work independently and work well with a team.
- Ability to deal with difficult situations and at times work with difficult people.
- Knowledge of MS Office with particular proficiency in Excel Word Adobe and Outlook.
- Working knowledge of database software.
- Awareness and knowledge of the issues affecting Indigenous peoples is an asset.
- Ability to work in French is an asset.
- Occasional travel between Six Nations and Toronto offices is required.
- Must be able to work occasional evenings and possess a willingness to travel within Canada.
Indspire is committed to ensuring an equal opportunity barrierfree recruitment process.
Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request. Please contact us via email at and we will work with all applicants to discuss any accessibility needs.
To learn more about Indspire visit .
Deadline for Applications: May 2 2025 at 5:00 pm EST
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Contract
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