Micsin Martinez

• Ensuring the processing of scholarship awarding and disbursements (payments) to recipients, as well as defaults, forfeits, and appeals.
• Ensuring the marketing of programs via program newsletter, social media, classroom visits, scholarship application workshops, on-campus event participation, Student Ambassador Group, high school outreach, and more.
• Ensuring the efficient and effective use of Scholarship Manager software to build program applications, facilitate the application review process and awarding process, create reports for award reconciliation, and collect/store student data.

• Strengthening and maintaining relationships with key partners on campus including the Office of the College President, VCCCD District staff Office of Financial Aid, Admissions and Records, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, Outreach, First Year Experience, and Student Government; all of which provide critical support to the Foundation in serving the students of VC.
• Ensuring clear communication with applicants through each scholarship cycle including the marketing, application, awarding, invitations to appropriate awarding event(s), collection of thank you letters, tracking student event RSVP’s and their guests, and more.
• Ensuring program beneficiaries adhere to all program requirements/stipulations.
• Immediate response and execution of emergency funding program for students and employees of Ventura College.
• Staffing and management of the Scholarship and Grants Committee.
• Recruitment, training, and oversight of the Foundation’s Scholarship Review Committee
• Development and management of scholarships and programs budgets.
• Attention to changing laws/regulations that affect current programs and processes. Lead efforts to define alternative scenarios and create adjusted financial projections for affected programs in response. Work to prepare the Foundation’s Board of Directors for possible action.
• Ensure maintenance of program pages on Foundation’s website.
• Reports on key data findings.
• Ensure effective collaboration with, coordination with, support of, and training of VC Financial Aid Office to facilitate VCF scholarship and grants programs and accurate funding.
• Enable training and protocols so that the VC Financial Aid Scholarship Technician and the VCF Program and Development Specialist can back-up each other in critical scholarship program processes to ensure the scholarship program’s annual success without interruptions.
• Ensure programs meet all Federal, State and District regulations, complies with FERPA and assists in closing equity gaps.

• Management of assigned donor portfolio in order to engage, cultivate and steward prospective and current donors, which includes students and their families, college faculty and staff, and community members to increase their engagement with the
foundation and solicitation of gifts.
• Develop VCF protocols, timelines, and processes with VC to facilitate and grow direct student support programs including ensuring VCF donor funding restrictions are followed, current donor relationships are preserved, and prospective donor relationships are stewarded.
• Assist the Director of Major and Planned Giving with generating high-quality proposals, and narratives for various grant proposals.
• Work closely with the Director of Major and Planned Giving to respond to requests for special reports, collaterals, and non-grant materials with a strategic perspective.
• Collaborate with Executive Director and Director of Major and Planned Giving to engage funders with a strategic perspective.
• Prepare and present program data to key stakeholders throughout the year at various Development related events.
• Identify and prepare program beneficiaries as event speakers and for marketing and PR assets.
• General support to Development staff as needed,

• Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
• Advise students on scholarship opportunities, requirements, and procedures
• Evaluate eligibility for scholarships bases on predetermined criteria; verify student information on Banner such as grade point average, units completed, major, and enrollment
• Plan, organize, and present at college outreach events; provide technical information and assistance regarding the scholarship program to individuals
• Compose mass email notifications to a wide spread of scholarship information
• Plan, organize, and conduct meetings via zoom
• Prepare and maintain reports, records, and files

• Ensuring patron satisfaction throughout dinning experience to promote retention and loyalty
• Make sure that plated food presentation and food quality are at high standards
• Keep tables neat, cleared away dirty dishes and glasses
• Maintain detailed records of what customers want and order, help increase profits
• Respond quickly to customer concerns and inquires and provide appropriate answers Greet customers on the daily and work well with fellow coworkers
• Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills and handle complimentary items for dissatisfied customers.
• Trained incoming staff on restaurant's practices, culture and procedures to maximize job satisfaction and productivity.
• Greeted and maintained relationships with regular customers.

• Ensure completeness, accuracy, and security of financial aid files submitted by students.
• Assist students and parents with financial aid applications daily
• Assist in hands on English and Spanish workshops and outreach events.
• Ensure documents are received and reviewed in a timely manner.
• Review academic transcripts to verify courses, units completed, grade level, and compliance with Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards
• Provide technical information and assistance to students of financial aid programs; such as registration, EOPS, Veterans benefits, disabled students or counseling services
• Advise students on federal and state programs in accordance with regulatory statutes. Monitor incoming emails through Outlook, as well as responding to student questions and concerns in a timely manner
• Assist in special projects assigned.
• Entering data into the computer to update student information.
• Perform other clerical support duties as needed and assigned

• Assist student and families in completing financial aid applications
• Answer incoming phone calls for office
• Reach out to students via telephone regarding missing outstanding documents required
• Provide technical assistance and information to students regarding registration, EOPS, Veteran benefits, disables student or Counseling services
• Assist staff with English and Spanish financial aid workshops, and outreach event at local high schools
• Ensure documents are submitted completed
• Purge students files as directed by federal financial aid guidelines
• Assisting specialists with the retrieval of files and necessary documents
• Complete office projects that technicians and supervisors need to be completed