Roma Education Fund Scholarship Program announces its call for applications
for a National Selection Board (NSB) position for the Roma Memorial University
Scholarship Program (RMUSP), who will participate in the evaluation and
selection process of scholarship beneficiaries for REF Scholarship Program (REF
SP) for the academic year 2015-2016, in Czech Republic.
The NSB members will independently review the eligible applications for
Scholarship Program and will assign scores to each application in the REF SP’s
online evaluation platform, according to Program’s pre-established set of
evaluation criteria. In the selection process, where applicable, they will also
conduct personal interviews with scholarship applicants. All NSB members’
evaluation work is based on REF SP’s policies and procedures and Scholarship
Program’s application guidelines.
Besides the participation in the evaluation process, the National Selection
Board member will assist the Program with information about the specifics of
their national academic environment (particularly pertaining to higher education)
and will advise on possible ways to improve the Program. NSB member will also be
expected to assist the Scholarship Program in conducting inquiries regarding the
applicants, if needed, on aspects such as ethnicity, verification of documents,
reference, etc.
REF SP encourages candidacy from its REF SP Alumni (former beneficiaries),
provided they do not receive support from Scholarship Program during the term of
membership.
The NSB member should notify the Scholarship Program in case of personal
relation with any applicant(s) and consequently refrain from evaluating the
respective application(s). Furthermore, the NSB member shall treat all
information as confidential and will NOT be allowed to use or disclose
information about the applicants (or from their applications) for non-program
related matters or to third parties. In cases of Program related enquires, NSB
members shall refrain from responding to the applicants individually and forward
the above mentioned enquiries to the Scholarship Program staff.
The candidates for National Selection Board must:
- be citizens of, or reside in the country for which REF SP is seeking
candidacies for the NSB position; - hold a Master, or a Doctorate, or an equivalent degree;
- be affiliated with academic institutions, or be an employee of
government and local administration, or working in NGOs involved in
supporting the Roma community in the country; - have at least two years of work experience in the Academic field or NGO/GO
field, and have good knowledge on the higher education system in the country; - have satisfactory writing and oral skills in English and in the official
language in which the National Selection Board will conduct the evaluation
process of REF scholarship applications; - have a good command of using Microsoft package (MS Office, Excel, Word,
Power Point) and internet navigation browsers.
Individuals identifying themselves as Roma and fulfilling the above mentioned
profile and requirements are particularly encouraged to apply.
The interested candidates should send a CV (Europass format) and a Motivation
Letter in English, until June 5, 2015 to
scholarships@romaeducationfund.org with the title “application for NSB
position”. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
