FWS - Business Planning and Strategy Assistant

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Waterbury, CT, USA
In-Office
20-20 Annually
Entry level
Edtech
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The Role
Assist with planning and establishing a nonprofit cemetery, including mapping startup steps, daily operations, long-term sustainability, partnerships, staffing, and simple systems. Document findings in plain language for a living SOP, attend weekly video check-ins, and submit hours with activity notes.
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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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Skills Required

  • Current Post University student
  • Federal Work-Study award
  • Reliable internet and email access
  • Clear, simple writing skills
  • Ability to discuss death and grief with care and respect
  • Ability to join weekly video check-ins
  • Business Management or related major
  • Senior standing or high GPA
  • Interest in planning and strategy
  • Comfort with spreadsheets or simple project tracking

Post University Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Post University and has not been reviewed or approved by Post University.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as broad, including medical, dental, and vision plans along with supplemental options such as accident and critical illness coverage. Additional health-related supports like FSAs, dependent care accounts, and an assistance program are also included.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include both Traditional and Roth 401(k) plan options alongside life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance. This combination supports longer-term financial planning beyond base pay.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle benefits include tuition assistance for associates and immediate family members, plus extras like pet insurance and various discount programs. Flexibility in time and location is also highlighted as a meaningful non-cash benefit.

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The Company
HQ: Waterbury, Connecticut
2,209 Employees
Year Founded: 1890

What We Do

Based in Waterbury, Connecticut, since 1890, Post University is known for its innovation and focus on providing every online and on-campus student an extraordinary educational experience with an unmatched level of personalized support. Among the first in the nation and the first in the State of Connecticut to offer full degrees online, Post fuels the personal aspirations and career goals of its students with inventive and robust learning technologies that deliver in-demand undergraduate and graduate degree programs, small class sizes, individual attention, and customizable degree concentrations. Respected for its Honors Program, NCAA Division II athletics, and pioneering role in online education for more than 20 years, Post University is licensed by the State of Connecticut through the Office of Higher Education and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The following degree programs offered by the Malcolm Baldrige School of Business are programmatically accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP): Associate of Science – Accounting, Marketing, Management; Bachelor of Science – Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Management, Marketing, Sport Management; Master of Science – Accounting; Master of Business Administration (MBA). Post is ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more about how Post Makes It Personal™ by visiting www.Post.edu. For useful consumer information go to http://post.edu/consumer-information.

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