Bursary and Scholarship Program Officer

*Bursary and Scholarship Program Officer* *Full-time Permanent* Ohsweken/Toronto, Hybrid Annual Salary Range: $65,915 to $82,394 Closing Date: November 30, 2026 **Making a lasting impact. Work with purpose.** Join one of Canada’s Top 10 Charities of Impact. Indspire is a national Indigenous charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students, empowering individuals, strengthening communities, and building a stronger country for all. Indspire is seeking a **Bursary and Scholarship Program Officer**. Reporting to the Manager of Building Brighter Futures, the Bursary and Scholarship Program Officer is responsible for the administration, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Indspire’s student awards program, including the processing, tracking, and monitoring of student awards. The successful candidate will manage and coordinate all activities related to post-secondary scholarship and bursary applications. The role also involves providing program support, technical troubleshooting, and outreach to encourage and increase student applications throughout the application process, including before, during, and after submission. **Key Responsibilities** **Administration of the Building Brighter Futures Program** * Managing and revising Scholarship and Bursary application form and guidelines as needed. * Assessing student applications for eligibility, and categorizing by program, reviewing budget, and evaluating for completeness according to criteria. * Ensuring adherence to sponsor criteria throughout the Jury process and matching. * Acting as point of contact for applicants and responding daily to inquiries from applicants and the public. * Matching recipient to donor and working closely with Finance processing payments. * Preparing spreadsheets of eligible, ineligible, and unsuccessful applicants * Preparing, reviewing, and revising Jury spreadsheets along with Jury documentation and coordinate overall Jury process. * Communicating with applicants regarding their outstanding documentation, budget revisions, etc. * Contacting eligible applicants to notify that their application will proceed to Jury. * Preparing communications to successful, ineligible, unsuccessful applicants. * Contacting successful applicants for banking information. * Preparing spreadsheets and information for Finance and correct as needed. * Supporting coordination of assessed documentation to ensure students are informed of application status according to BBF program policy. * Recommending improvements to BBF program policies and forms. * Providing technical troubleshooting support to others for form development/revision and to applicants for online form completion. * Training support staff in processing BBF applications * Updating and maintaining email templates in CRM. * Creating Donor accounts, Fund and Award Records in CRM based on the information in Sponsor Agreements * Updating declined awards in CRM for return of funds to sponsor’