Position: Scholarship cum placement Incharge
Department: Scholarships and Higher Education
Functional Area: Programme
Location: Bangalore
Experience: 3 - 5 Years
About Smile Foundation:
Smile Foundation works for the welfare of underprivileged children and their families through programmes focused on education, healthcare, skilling and women empowerment and Empowering Grassroots. Started in 2002 by a group of young corporate professionals, today Smile has evolved into a national level development organization impacting lives of over 2 million underprivileged children and their families with project presence in 27 states across India, 10 offices in strategic locations and over 650 employees, besides volunteers, well-wishers and supporters.
The organization also holds Special Consultative Status with United Nation’s Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), accredited with global organizations like GuideStar, United Way, CAF America, Give2Asia and many more. Furthermore, Smile Foundation has been a Great Place to Work © Certified organization for the last Five years running and is considered ‘Gold Standard’ in identifying and recognizing Great Workplace Cultures.
Currently SF is implementing projects across India directly or with the help of grassroot organizations. These are primarily CSR funded projects of varied scale in both urban and rural settings including aspirational districts in thematic areas. The wealth of knowledge emanating from our work is immense, which is curated systematically for purposes ranging from raising funds to driving programmatic change. towards creating large scale impact.
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Summary of Role:
Run the CSR funded scholarship project, engage with girl scholars and communicate with donors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implements and coordinates the scholarship project for selected engineering students as per the Project Implementation plan and the timeline.
- Identification of the eligible students for scholarship from the colleges.
- Acts as liaison between faculty/staff, students to provide information and resources regarding scholarship activities and programme.
- Prepares scholarship application process for students and coordinates scholarship application reading and scoring.
- Supports in planning and conducting life skills training programme, English communication classes, and preplacement support programme.
- Assists in operations and database management procedures and coordinates design and maintenance of scholarship MIS.
- Coordination of special events such as exposure visit, scholar meet and other events as planned.
- Periodic activity and financial planning and reporting as per the calendar.
- Any other project related assignment.
Qualification, Experience & Skills:
- Masters or B.Tech degree in any stream. Related experience performing the duties of the job may substitute for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in a foundation/development organization. Scholarship management experience would be an advantage.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships.
- Perform all assigned tasks efficiently and accurately and create and maintain accurate records.
- Prioritize and manage multiple projects or change priorities quickly.
- Identify and resolve problems or issues with students.
Competencies:
- Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. Able to give and take during a conversation in a balanced way, listening as well as speaking at appropriate intervals.
- Planning and organizing: Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
- Attention to Detail: Pays close attention to information that is overlooked or taken for granted by others. Prefers to look beyond the obvious and does not accept situations or take information at face value. Scrutinizes how things go together, making sure components are indeed aligned and appropriately interrelated.
- Contributes to Team Performance: Is an engaged and integral member of a group, recognizing the need for group collaboration, empathy, consensual decision-making and respect for others.
- Creative thinking: Discovering new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking.
How to Apply:
Share your CV/Profile with a brief note (cover letter) telling you why you find yourself a right fit for the role, on Smile Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer If you would like to apply to this position, kindly send your latest resume at:jobs@smilefoundationindia.org with the Subject: jobs – Position name – City
Please Note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted by the Human Resources Team