FWS Student Worker III, Off Campus (Recruitment & Admissions Intern)

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

Location: This is a hybrid role. The off-campus location address is: 12 Lombardy Street, 5th Floor Newark, NJ, 07102

RESPONSIBILITIES

Community:

In this service opportunity, you will identify opportunities to increase awareness of Per Scholas training within the communities we serve. As an intern you will be working in collaboration with the local Recruitment & Admissions (R&A) team, you will promote Per Scholas’ mission to prospective learners through digital outreach and community engagement.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Learn from the R&A team about those we have served most consistently and those we can reach more effectively
• Develop creative, innovative new strategies to connect with new communities and deepen our ties with familiar ones
• Expand Per Scholas’ local social media presence to enhance our learner recruitment efforts
• Promote referral relationships among community-based organization partners
• Occasionally staff off-site recruitment events with R&A team members
• Help develop processes and promote best practices for digital outreach among the local team
• Communicate with applicants as needed to build rapport and trust
• Other Projects:
  • Participate in professional development opportunities
  • Collaborate with team members on special initiatives

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO US:

• Technical aptitude (Google Workspace/MS Office Suite, Salesforce, etc.) and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with social media marketing is a plus
• Prior knowledge or background in IT and a passion for technology is a plus
• Experience working in or understanding unique local community contexts is preferred
• You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced environment with passionate, mission-focused people
• You are detail-oriented, with exceptional organizational and time management skills
• You are tech-savvy and can learn quickly
• You see workforce development as a tool for social change
• 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 DeVry University 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.