ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SCHOLARSHIPS

Posting Number: SRGV5140
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Department: Scholarships and Enrollment Communications
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
To provide supervisory skills in the coordination of all phases and activities in the day to day operation of the University scholarship programs.

Responsible for assisting with supervising, planning, and coordinating of the University scholarship programs and responsible for administering complex scholarship programs.


Description of Duties:
• Establishes, manages, and monitors standards of quality control for scholarship programs.
• Provides assistance in the management of the department.
• Reconciles scholarship accounts to the university’s general ledger and returns unused funds to donors for agency scholarships.
• Interprets and implements criteria set forth by the institution, donors, and outside agencies.
• Establishes and analyzes reports/data for internal and external reporting and perform statistical analyses.
• Manages scholarships allocations in the awarding and disbursing process.
• Analyzes program issues/challenges and recommend appropriate action.
• Supervises waged employees in the administration of scholarship program(s) and represents the Scholarship Office in absence of the Scholarship Director.
• Represents office and conducts presentations at meetings, seminars and/or conferences and acts as liaison with outside agencies.
• Counsels scholarship students and makes decisions regarding awards.
• Resolves complex and controversial program issues to assist management with decision making.
• Ensures timely disbursement of scholarship funds.
• Develops and revises scholarship application material.
• Provides assistance with fundraising and responds to donor inquiries and concerns.
• Assists the Scholarship Office in filing all necessary federal, state and institutional reports.
• Coordinates information and reports as required by programs.
• Serve as liaison between the Scholarship Office and other campus departments, as well as other non-institutional agencies or institutions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.


Supervision Received:
General direction from the assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
Supervises assigned staff.

Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education:
N/A

Licenses/Certifications:
None.

Required Experience:
Four (4) years work experience in a closely related field to the duties being performed.


Preferred Experience:
Work experience in Financial aid.


Equipment:
Proficient in MS Office products and ability to learn other software.


Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Good, standard office environment.


Other:
Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as excellent organizational skills. Ability to respond effectively in a variety of situations, multi-task, and demonstrate computational ability. Must work effectively in team situations and be detail oriented. Flexibility to work some evenings and/or weekends and some traveling may be required. The following may be required depending on assignment: Have familiarity and knowledge of NCAA Division I rules required as part of job duties. Attend scheduled compliance meetings to maintain knowledge of current and recently established policies. Exhibit integrity with high ethical standards and strict adherence to NCAA, Conference, and University rules and regulations.


Physical Capabilities: N/A

Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 06/18/2021
Grant Funded Position: No
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EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964, the title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non discrimination in it’s education programs and activities, including employment.


Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

*Date of Birth
*Gender
*Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.

If you have any questions, please visit our Careers site at https://careers.utrgv.edu for detailed contact information.


Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.


To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/28834





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