• If you have a passion for administration and excel, this role is for you
• Join a small, passionate and supportive team

Job Summary

Use your superior admin, data analysis and interpersonal skills to ensure that AIEF and its Educational Partners deliver the AIEF Scholarship Program.

About AIEF

hard heads, soft hearts, capable hands

AIEF was established in 2008 in response to community demand from Indigenous families who choose to enrol their children in boarding schools.

Bringing together the government and private sector, AIEF provides scholarship funding for Indigenous students to complete Year 12 or tertiary studies, with career support to help them make a successful transition to their chosen careers.

AIEF has grown from one scholarship student in 2008, to now having around 400 students on scholarships annually, with a network of over 600 alumni and growing by over 70 graduates each year, from over 400 communities from every state and territory across Australia.

www.aief.com.au

The Role

The AIEF Scholarships Executive role has two main purposes:

• To facilitate the delivery of the AIEF Scholarship Program and AIEF Tertiary Scholarship Program; and
• To check in and report on AIEF Alumni who have completed Year 12 or tertiary study on an AIEF Scholarship (making referrals for additional support where needed).

The AIEF Scholarships Team works with Educational Partners and AIEF Stakeholders to provide financial scholarships which enable Indigenous students to pursue their education at some of Australia’s best schools and universities. As a Scholarships Executive you will work professionally with Educational Partners and other AIEF Stakeholders to deliver the AIEF Scholarship Program and AIEF Tertiary Scholarship Programto achieve the best outcomes for Indigenous students through the administration of scholarships.

Additionally, the Scholarships Team maintain regular contact with AIEF Alumni to obtain status updates on their post-school pathways and productive engagement and make referrals to the AIEF Pathways Team for additional support where needed.

The Person

We are looking for someone who is motivated by AIEF’s mission as well as its values of “hard heads, soft hearts and capable hands”. To be successful in the role you will:

• Have superior administration skills including experience with data management and analysis as well as a high level of experience and accuracy in the use and maintenance of customer relationship management (CRM) databases or similar.
• Possess the confidence to liaise with a range of stakeholders including Educational Partners and AIEF Alumni, including experience communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Be analytically minded with experience handling financial distributions, budgets and acquittals.
• Have strong written communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail and exposure to drafting and developing a range of documentation including letters, memorandums, agreements, policies and procedures.
• Be able to think critically and logically, preferably with experience in the review and interpretation of contracts.
• Be highly proficient in using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word.
• Have 2–5 years of relevant work experience.
• Have a demonstrated understanding of ABSTUDY and/or Centrelink related entitlements (desirable).

This position is based in our Sydney office and requires regular travel, occasionally interstate.

All AIEF employees are required to undergo a National Criminal Record Check by the Australian Federal Police and a Working with Children Check by the relevant State and Territory Government(s) as a condition of employment.

Indigenous Australians are strongly encouraged to apply.