Bursary Partnerships Officer at Eduvos

Minimum Qaulification:

• Relevant Humanities Undergraduate Degree; Qualification in Psychology or Human Resources will be advantageous

Minimum Experience:

• At least one to two years experience as a Bursary Partnerships Officer 

Duties and Responsibilities

Performance areas:

Bursary capacity-building

• Source relevant bursary opportunities according to agreed criteria.
• Share bursary opportunities with students via various communication channels.
• Support the running of training workshops and other agreed initiatives, including content creation, to empower students to apply for bursaries.

Partnership development

• Support development and maintenance of a prospect pipeline of high-impact bursary partner prospects in alignment with Vela’s goals and focus areas.
• Source contact details of relevant prospects and contact companies to secure meetings.
• Support efforts to build and maintain relationships with Vela’s partners.

Bursary programme coordination

• Engage with students, including to collect supporting documents.
• Liaise with universities, textbook providers and other relevant suppliers to facilitate the process of payments.
• Coordinate running of student workshops.
• Support reporting processes, including for B-BBEE verification purposes.

Recording of programme data

• Proactively update the prospect and programme databases to ensure information is accurate and current at all times and relevant updates are captured.
• Adhere to data protection and other relevant privacy legislation.