FWS Student Worker III, Off Campus (Marketing and Communications Intern)

OPPORTUNITY:

• Administrative support role for currently enrolled students.
• This is an off campus Federal Work Study Position.

Job Location: Atlanta, GA

RESPONSIBILITIES

Community:

Our mission at Per Scholas is to advance economic equity through rigorous training for technology careers and to connect skilled talent to leading businesses.

Per Scholas is seeking a high school or college level student to assist with collecting information for Per Scholas graduate case studies, as well as supporting alumni engagement and Per Scholas’ Fall fundraising event. This role calls for someone who is comfortable engaging directly with individuals and is willing to follow up with others. They need to be detail-oriented and able to take good documentation from discussions with alumni. They should be organized and versatile in areas they can help.

Core Responsibilities

• Researching alumni employment using LinkedIn, Google, calls, and emails
• Documenting alumni success stories
• Providing administrative support for fundraisers and homecoming events
• Documenting communication with alumni in Salesforce

Professional Requirements

• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and dig into the details
• Relationship building and management skills
• Strong communication skills; written and verbal
• Strong project management skills
• Strong presentation skills

• Superior written and oral communication skills

Personal Characteristics

• You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced startup environment with people who are passionate about their work and mission
• You are data-driven, result-oriented, and a forward-looking catalyst for social change
• You have a collaborative and flexible work style, excited to work cross-functionally, with other departments, and independently
• You are an effective communicator with excellent presentation and public speaking skills
• You are highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects with consistent follow-through
• You stand behind our mission, believing that individuals from any community should have access to well-paying career positions, and that talent should be recognized and recruited from many diverse sources.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Below are the minimum requirements of the education, experience, knowledge, and skills required to competently perform in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be an enrolled student.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Must be a current student in good standing and possess a GPA of 2.0 or higher.
• Must be enrolled in a minimum of six credits per semester.
• FWS fund eligible.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-directed, motivated individuals.
• People who sit around, waiting to be told what to do will not do well in this environment.