Scholarship & Advancement Associate

Title: Scholarship & Advancement Associate Agency: University Advancement-70 Location: Radford FLSA: Non-exempt/ Eligible for overtime Hiring Range: Pay Band 3 Full Time or Part Time: Full Time Additional Detail Job Description: The Scholarship and Advancement Associate provides administrative and technical support for Advancement Services, Development Officers, and the Radford University Foundation Scholarship process.

Process travel requests for Development Officers and Advancement staff, and serve as the primary administrator of the Blackbaud Award Management (BAM) system, the University's scholarship application and award system.

Lead processor of updates to the constituent records in Raiser's Edge.

Other duties include purchasing supplies, scheduling meetings and processing and tracking reimbursements for the Advancement office.

Minimum Qualifications: * Experience providing administrative or programmatic support; * Experience with current office software for word processing, spreadsheets and relational databases; * Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented with strong organizational and interpersonal skills; * Demonstrated strong ability to enter large amounts of data with high accuracy; * Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and perform multiple tasks simultaneously while adhering to deadlines; * Experience in maintaining a high degree of discretion with confidential and sensitive information; * Demonstrated ability to take responsibility, to work well as a team member and to work independently; * Demonstrated ability to understand and follow directions, and understand complex policies and procedures.

* Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications: Preference given to candidates with working knowledge of Blackbaud's Award Management system or other scholarship software, Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge system, Banner, Microsoft Word and Excel; experience in higher education; experience with Chrome River and eVA.