Associate Director, Academic Assistance

Employer: Georgia State University
Location: Atlanta, GA

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Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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Associate Director, Academic Assistance

Georgia State University

Honors College

Strategic Leadership, Program Direction, and Institutional Representation
• Provides strategic vision, planning, and oversight for all university national scholarship and fellowship initiatives, aligning with GSU’s strategic goals and the Honors College mission.
• Expands and diversifies the portfolio of nationally and internationally competitive awards available to GSU students.
• Serves as the final authority on award eligibility, institutional endorsements, and nomination strategies for prestigious scholarships and fellowships.
• Represents GSU nationally through the National Association of Fellowships Advisors, Council of Undergraduate Research, consular offices, and award sponsor meetings.
• Chairs/co-chairs institutional endorsement committees for major awards such as Fulbright, Goldwater, Truman, Rhodes, and Marshall.

Supervision and Staff Development
• Directly supervises the Coordinator of Scholarship Resources (working title: Coordinator of Undergraduate Scholarships and Fellowships), providing strategic direction, annual goals, operational oversight, and final program approval.
• Conducts performance evaluations, coaches for professional growth, and ensures alignment of coordinator’s work with institutional objectives.
• Oversees and approves event schedules, outreach plans, and recruitment strategies developed by the coordinator.
• Holds final approval authority for Undergraduate Assistantship Program (UAP) placements, processes, and evaluation criteria.

Student Recruitment, Advising, and Mentoring
• Leads university-wide recruitment of high-achieving students for competitive national and international awards.
• Provides one-on-one mentoring to over 100 students annually through all stages of the application and selection process.
• Collaborates with faculty, staff, and advisors across colleges to identify strong candidates and connect them with research and leadership opportunities.
• Designs and implements targeted programming to prepare students for awards with research, leadership, or service prerequisites.

Program Evaluation, Data Management, and Reporting
• Designs and manage comprehensive program assessment tools using Qualtrics, Microsoft Forms, and other platforms.
• Collects and analyzes applicant, awardee, and budget data to measure impact, identify trends, and inform program improvements.
• Prepares and delivers annual institutional reports summarizing participation rates, award outcomes, diversity metrics, and strategic recommendations.
• Manages $60,000+ in scholarship and fellowship budgets, ensuring compliance and optimal allocation of resources.

Communications, Marketing, and Public Relations
• Develops content to publicize scholarship and fellowship opportunities, including profiles, newsletters, social media campaigns, and iCollege announcements.
• Writes institutional endorsement letters for competitive awards and ensures consistent messaging in collaboration with the Director of Communications.
• Publicly promotes student success stories, enhancing GSU’s reputation among prospective students, alumni, and external partners.

External & Campus Partnerships
• Builds and maintains partnerships with domestic and international organizations, foundations, and consulates to expand award pipelines.
• Coordinates with internal offices such as Study Abroad, Research, Career Services, and academic units to align scholarship/fellowship promotion with broader student success initiatives.
• Participates in university-wide events (e.g., International Education Week, Study Abroad Fair) and represents GSU at regional and national conferences.

Qualifications

Minimum Hiring Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related field and four years of superviosry/management experience; or a combination of education and required experience

College/Business Unit
Open until filled

College/Business Unit: Honors College
Location: Atlanta Campus
Job Posting: 11/05/26, 10:01:33 AM

Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.

Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.

More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.

The University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.

Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.

The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.

The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.