Company Description:
Founded in 1819, Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the country and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Today we are a diversified academic institution that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and professional certificates to adult learners online and to Corps and civilian lifestyle students on campus. Norwich faculty and staff challenge all of our students to push themselves academically, socially, and as leaders. Our graduates build upon their Norwich educations to launch or grow careers and make outsized contributions to their communities, the nation, and the world.
Norwich University is located in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont, only 20 minutes from the state capital, Montpelier, and three hours from Boston or Montreal. It is a private institution nestled in a rural setting with a campus size of 1,200 acres.
Our excellent benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, group life, and disability insurances, flexible-spending accounts for health and dependent care, a 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, an employee assistance program, paid time off, use of the University pool and fitness center, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members. Some employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program on their Federal Student Aid Direct Loan balance. For more information about our benefits, visit https://norwich.trgportal.com.
Job Description:
Fulfills the mission of Norwich University by managing stewardship activities around endowed scholarships. Support Stewardship Team with the Scholarship Thank You Process including producing scholarship reports for donors, working with Financial Aid to assign scholarships, scheduling students to complete their thank you profiles and supporting events related to thank you process.
Hybrid work schedule may be authorized.
Essential Functions
- Responsible for donor-funded Scholarships
- Mails annual endowed scholarship reports; collaborate with Financial Aid and assigned staff members to mail packets to donors.
- Updates Raisers Edge (RE) and Financial Aid with current scholarship criteria, fund numbers and contact information.
- Sets up new donor-funded scholarships by creating MOUs, establishing criteria and setting up fund numbers.
- Responds to scholarship donor requests for information and fund reports
- Serves as primary owner of Scholarship Thank You process.
- Communicates with Financial Aid to receive annual list of scholarship recipients (approx. 400 students).
- Manages student outreach regarding completing their thank you letter/profile through email, text, phone calls and other notices.
- Plans and executes events to ensure student scholarship recipients produce a thoughtful thank you letter/profile to convey their gratitude for their scholarship.
- Collaborates with faculty, staff, Commandant's office, athletic coaches to assist with Thank-A-Thon events and student outreach.
- Ensures high-quality, meaningful, and timely production of students thank you letter/profiles for scholarship donors. Coordinate mailings in advance of Scholarship Luncheon in April.
- Plans and executes scholarship-related events.
- Dinners at the President's house for select student scholarship recipients.
- Annual Scholarship Luncheon.
- Provides cross-team support to acknowledge the university's donors in the most meaningful ways possible and further enhance philanthropic relationships.
- Collaborates with Development Officers and team members to design and monitor opportunities for donor recognition throughout the year.
- Serve as secondary support to all additional stewardship events.
Other Functions
- Maintains confidentiality of sensitive or private information.
- Communicates with employees, students, and others in a respectful and clear manner.
- Serves on University committees, councils, workgroups, or other designated bodies as assigned.
- Achieves, maintains proficiency in, and utilizes computers, telephones, and other job-related equipment, including related systems and software.
- Speaks, reads, and writes in English.
- Communicates by telephone, email, letter, in person, or other means or device.
- Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 5 years of related work experience
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook) Experience with Raisers Edge or similar software preferred
- Work some evening or weekend hours
Environmental Conditions
- Indoor work at a computer workstation
- Low level of exposure to noise, dust, fumes, vibrations, and temperature changes.
Additional Information:
Norwich University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a positive education and work environment that recognizes and respects the dignity of all students, faculty and staff. Reasonable accommodations will be made for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant. Please contact the Office of Human Resources at nuhr@norwich.edu for assistance.
All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring immigration sponsorship, including but not limited to non-immigrant visas such as H1B, STEM, or F1, now or in the future. A post offer, pre-employment background check will be required of the successful candidate.
Application Instructions:
Please provide a cover letter, resume, and Norwich application.
