Scholarship Chair Position Description

Information about the section's scholarship programs may be found here

Term
One year: January 1 to December 31

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work with the section leadership committee (SLC) to:
    • develop
    • set goals and metrics
    • execute
    • report
    • maintain
    • the Scholarship Committee's portion of the section's business plan, budget, and Performance Excellence Program (PEP) plan
  • Arrange and determine scholarship award levels, resources, objectives, methods, deadlines, and materials
  • Distribute directions and materials to eligible high schools and other institutions
  • Evaluate results from all scholarship programs and present to SLC
  • Lead the evaluation team to:
    • agree on ranking criteria
    • split essay reviews among sub-teams
    • If a member of the evaluation team:
      • verify eligibility requirements have been met
      • rank essays assigned to sub-team
      • combine sub-team evaluations to rank all essays to determine awardee(s).
  • Establish and retain materials for retention period, then securely destroy them.
  • Invite awardees and other guests - Maass family, for example - to section member meeting where awards will be announced. Register attendees in section reservation system as no-cost guests. Provide location/link information to guest registrants.
  • Determine whether and where awardee essays and their personal information will be publicized. Work with Newsletter Editor, Publicity & Social Media, and Internet committees to publish the information.
  • Be an advocate for member value, satisfaction, and loyalty
  • To the degree possible, attend all Section Leadership Committee and general membership meetings
  • Issue a final report to indicate accomplishments for the year and recommendations for the next year
  • Perform other tasks as assigned by the chair
  • Uphold society bylaws, policies and procedures, ASQ Code of Ethics including diversity and inclusion and the section operating agreement

 

Qualifications - Committee Chair

  • The Scholarship Committee chair will have access to Personally Identifiable Information and must be aware of and adhere to ASQ rules through GDPR training to protect that information.
  • Must be a Professional, Senior, or Fellow ASQ member in good standing and a member of the section
  • Must have basic knowledge of ASQ bylaws, policies and procedures, and section operations
  • Must be willing to provide an email address to ASQ and the section for ASQ and section communications
  • Must possess leadership, management, and organizational skills
  • The ideal candidate should have:
    • Interpersonal skills
    • Communication skills
    • Ability to resolve conflict/bring people to consensus
    • Project Management skills
    • Ability to prepare and lead a meeting and conference call
    • Financial acumen – ability to develop a budget and operate within it
    • Strategic thinking skills
  • Preferably will have prior experience as a committee chair or member
  • Preferably will have some prior experience in budgeting and business planning

 

Qualifications - Committee Member

  • The Scholarship Committee members will have access to Personally Identifiable Information and must be aware of and adhere to ASQ rules through GDPR training to protect that information.
  • Must be a Professional, Senior, or Fellow ASQ member in good standing and a member of the section
  • Must be willing to provide an email address to ASQ and the section for ASQ and section communications
  • Ideally, have excellent interpersonal skills

 

Time Commitment
Approximately six to eight hours per month (outside of section leadership and member meetings)