Program Associate, REACH

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Program Associate, REACH Job Requisition  Number of Openings: 1 Shift: Not Applicable (United States of America) Compensation Details:

Under limited supervision and working with a high degree of complexity, this individual provides administrative support to the Executive Director, Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH). The individual will provide professional-level support to management, which requires exercise of independent judgment and initiative, time management and understanding of the unit’s processes, agency policies and procedures. The individual will support day-to-day programmatic operations and will perform tasks such as data entry, customer service inquiries, preparing reports, creating and managing spreadsheets & databases, presentations, and other documents as required.

The individual will also support relationship building and the fundraising planning process for participating REACH school systems across the state of Georgia. Requirements also include handling phones/E-mail, MS Office & Google Suite, excellent written and oral communication, customer service, and willingness to perform miscellaneous office tasks as necessary. Program Associate will work closely with and reports to the Executive Director, (REACH).

General Administrative Support Perform administrative and program support duties for program staff. Conduct data entry and analysis. Respond to customer inquiries via phone, email and the REACH websites. Maintain consistent, high quality, customer-focused relationships at the secondary and postsecondary educational levels. Serve as an Agency liaison with internal and external partners Tracking and organizing of the fundraising and invoicing for participating school systems.

Assist participating school systems with marketing. Research (corporations and foundations with aligning missions). Maintain communication with divisions within GSFC to initiate assistance as needed. Print and copy program materials. Monitor supplies and place orders as needed and appropriate. Observe and report on the REACH Scholarship application process and the tracking of scholar progress. Coordinate calendars for program staff as well as with external partners for meetings, events and other REACH activities.

Maintain and circulate meeting notes. Prepare & update marketing materials for staff and participating school systems as needed. Perform quality assurance for REACH Georgia website. Assists staff with event planning. Respond to customer inquires via phone and email. Perform administrative and program support duties for Program Coordinator and Executive Director, as necessary. Other duties as assigned. Project Management Assist with research, preparation and execution of program projects and deliverables.

Maintain and update various project plans and status on deliverables as requested. Assist with various program deliverables as requested. Tracking the fundraising of REACH School Systems and their submission of funds to the REACH Georgia Foundation. Help existing REACH School Systems monitor program benchmarks. Participate in strategic planning and other key REACH GA Program meetings. Under the direction of the Program Coordinator and Executive Director.

Maintain a tracking system for local school systems funds committed and…