Program Assistant

The Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) is a national non-profit organization based in New York City that works to advance parental choice in education. For more than 20 years, CSF has provided children of low-income families with tuition assistance in grades K-8, while working to expand educational opportunities for all children. CSF has a network of 20 partner programs in 24 cities and regions nationwide, including New Hampshire, where we serve students in grades K-12 through the Education Freedom Accounts and Education Tax Credit Scholarships.

CSF seeks a focused, detail-oriented, bilingual in English and Spanish, and high-energy Program Assistant with excellent communication abilities and computer skills to support in the administration of the NYC and New Hampshire scholarship and grant programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to understand and distinguish between the various scholarship program eligibility and awarding requirements
• Thorough review of submitted scholarship applications with a deep level of detail to determine eligibility based on specified program
• Data entry into scholarship applications and scholarship databases
• Able to manage volumes of highly sensitive data with the utmost discretion
• Ability to problem solve and critically approach unique application situations
• Respond to parent, school, and alumni inquires via telephone and email
• Initiate outward bound communication to families, schools, and alumni via telephone and email
• Assist with scholarship database systems testing
• Other administrative and reporting tasks, as assigned

Qualifications and Skills:

• Spanish proficiency (both written and verbal) a must
• At least 2 to 3 years work experience, preferably in the not-for-profit sector
• Strong interpersonal skills and strong written & verbal communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a team
• Knowledge of MS Office, especially Word and Excel
• Familiarity with tech tools and online systems a plus