FWS - Business Planning and Strategy Assistant

Post University; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Post University is seeking a Business Planning and Strategy Assistant to help plan and launch a nonprofit cemetery project remotely. The role focuses on strategic development, operational mapping, and creating sustainable family-led services models.

You will document processes and contribute to SOPs while collaborating with the Compliance department. As a Federal Work-Study student, you will attend weekly video check-ins, log your hours, and contribute to ongoing project planning and resource

Qualifications

• Current Post University student with a Federal Work-Study award.
• Reliable internet and email access.
• Clear and simple writing.

Responsibilities

• Map the steps to start a nonprofit cemetery near campus or in a nearby town.
• Map how it will run day to day using Hosanna High's model of family-led home, church, or graveside services.
• Plan how to keep it running well over time: land, people, partners, and simple systems.
• Write what you learn in plain language and add it to our living SOP for the next class.
• Join the weekly video check-in and turn in your hours with a short note about what you did.

Skills

Clear writing

Reliable internet

Video check-in

Empathy for death/grief

Spreadsheet familiar

Education

Post University student with Federal Work-Study award

Tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

Position Title: Business Planning and Strategy Assistant - Remote

Department: Compliance

Reports To: Nicole Steck / Hosanna High Natural Burial Project

Location: Hosanna High Natural Burial Project

Rate of Pay: $20/hr

Position Summary

Assisting to create a nonprofit to make funerals free again. Employee will plan and strategize how to start, operate, and successfully maintain a nonprofit cemetery, map how it will run with a model like Hosanna High Natural Burial Project's mission: family-led services, and home, church, or graveside services.

Key Responsibilities

• Map the steps to start a nonprofit cemetery near campus or in a nearby town.


• Map how it will run day to day using Hosanna High's model of family-led home, church, or graveside services.


• Plan how to keep it running well over time: land, people, partners, and simple systems.


• Write what you learn in plain language and add it to our living SOP for the next class.


• Join the weekly video check-in and turn in your hours with a short note about what you did.

Qualifications & Skills

Required:

• Current Post University student with a Federal Work-Study award.


• Reliable internet and email.


• Clear, simple writing.


• Care and respect when talking about death and grief.


• Can join the weekly video check-in.

Preferred:

• Business Management or related major.


• Seniors or high-GPA students who like planning and strategy.


• Comfort with spreadsheets or simple project tracking.


• No funeral background needed.

How the Job Benefits You as a Student

• Students will gain experience in their program of study.

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