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

Per Scholas is a national nonprofit that provides tuition-free technology training and professional development to unemployed and underemployed adults. The Recruitment & Admissions Intern supports applicant recruitment, outreach, enrollment, data management, digital engagement, and retention activities at the Atlanta training site.

What you'll do:

• Assist with outreach and admissions process throughout its entire lifecycle, ensuring targets and benchmarks for recruitment and admissions are achieved each cycle
• Communicate with candidates while quickly building rapport and trust
• Assist to implement retention activities (Meetups, networking opportunities, etc.) for specific alumni populations including women and young adults
• Learn to design and produce reports to track, document, and measure progress and outcomes
• Gain experience to organize and be prepared to report on recruitment and enrollment data
• Develop strategic thinking skills to recognize data and trends and suggest improvements in a start-up environment
• Work with local Digital Marketing Manager to run ads on digital channels and ensure that needed revisions to collateral materials are timely
• Participate in staff meetings and training
• Provide telephone coverage as needed
• Assist in coordinating class kickoffs
• Work cross-functionally with a willingness to “get things done” while promoting a collaborative work environment
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by the Site Director

What they're looking for:

• Student working towards relevant degree program in business or IT
• Knowledge and entry level experience in (Google Sheets/Excel, Slides/PowerPoint, Salesforce, etc.), project management, and organizational skills with detailed follow-through abilities
• Excellent written communication, presentation, and customer service skills
• Willingness to learn business needs and how to source talent to meet the needs of the business
• Develop evaluation and data management skills
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• 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

Benefits:

• Federal Work Study position
• Tuition-free technology training and professional development
• Career paths and work-life balance support
• Collaborative and mission-driven work environment
• Staff meetings and training