Job Summary 

The Scholarship & Stewardship Specialist serves as the primary liaison between the university, scholarship donors, and recipients, ensuring timely and personalized donor acknowledgments and collaborate with internal teams to highlight scholarship success stories. The incumbent will also help to strengthen donor relationships and enhance the overall effectiveness of stewardship program.

Key Responsibilities

• Donor Relations and Stewardship: Ensure timely and personalized acknowledgment of donors, including thank-you letter and periodic impact reports.
• Communication and Reporting: Collaborate with the Strategic Communications to share stories of student success and scholarship impact across various platforms.
• Scholarship Fund Management: Monitor and track scholarship funds to ensure compliance with donor agreements and policies.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Ability to take initiative and plan, organize, coordinate, and perform work in various situations where numerous and diverse demands are involved. Ability to collect, evaluate, and interpret data to develop sound conclusions and make appropriate recommendations.  Proficiency in Microsoft Suite and Adobe Express. Demonstrated ability to effectively interpret, organize, and present information and ideas in written or presentation form. Ability to work with teams of faculty, staff, students, and volunteers. Exceptional organizational and project management skills. Can work independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. Pay attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Strong interpersonal skills, capable of building lasting relationships with donors, students, and colleagues. Empathy and understanding of the importance of scholarships in transforming students' lives. Be proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvements.

Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.  Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures.  Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university, or equivalent, and 2 years related experience.

• Experience in a higher education environment is preferred.

Physical Summary

Light work - Job involves some lifting of medium weight objects (10-20 pounds) and/or 10% - 20% of the job involves standing or walking.

Licenses / Certificates

 Valid CA Driver's License preferred.

Department

Planned Giving & Stewardship

Classification

Administrative Analyst/Specialist - Non-Exempt

Compensation

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources.

Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $3,879 - $5,417 per month commensurate with candidate's education, experience, skills, and training.

CSU Classification Salary Range: The CSU Classification Salary Range for this position is $3,879 - $7,488 per month.

Benefits

Excellent benefits through CalPERS (health, vision, dental), tuition fee waiver, generous vacation and sick leave, and 14 paid holidays each year.

Time Base

1.0 time-base, 40 hours per week.

Duration of Appointment

This is a temporary position for one year with no permanent status granted. Temporary assignments may expire prior to the ending date.

Application Procedures

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PLEASE FILL OUT THE APPLICATION COMPLETELY. It is important that all sections of the on-line application are filled out completely and accurately. Please include all relevant education and experience. Your application will be used to determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. 

Additional Information

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

CSULB is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e. H-1B Visas).

California State University Long Beach expects respectful, professional behavior from its employees in all situations. Acts of harassment or abusive conduct are prohibited. Demonstrated appropriate professional behavior, treating others with civility and respect, and refusing to tolerate abusive conduct is expected of all employees.

Equal Employment Statement

California State University Long Beach is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is strongly committed to promoting diversity in all areas of the campus community. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, physical or mental disability, gender or sex, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, and veteran or military status.

Accommodations

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact StaffHR-Accommodations@csulb.edu.

Out of State Employment Policy

California State University, Long Beach, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California.

As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.