In over 50 years of service, Northwest Florida State College has earned a reputation for educational excellence and community involvement. As part of Florida's public system of 28 state and community colleges, NWFSC offers bachelor's degree programs, associate degrees, and certificates.

Salary: $37,063

Job Description:

The individual filling this position is expected to play a positive leadership role in helping the College effectively manage change.

The Scholarship Coordinator is directly accountable to the Executive Director for the following duties and responsibilities:

RESPONSIBILITIES: These are the duties typically completed on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis and are not all-inclusive of all of the duties for this position.

• Provide excellent customer service and answers for faculty, staff, and students.
• Maintain all NWF State College, donor-designated, NWF State College Foundation, external, and State of Florida scholarship files, assuring that each scholarship program is administered by donor instructions.
• Select student scholarship recipients according to the criteria established by the Foundation Office.
• Facilitate external scholarship process with the Business Office to ensure donor funds are disbursed by scholarship instructions.
• Coordinate reporting needs with Information Technology and create scholarship survey in Banner.
• Award First Generation Match Scholarship and ensure accurate and timely reporting to the Offices of Student Financial Assistance.
• Coordinate awarding of internal scholarships and ensure student eligibility.
• Responsible for assisting the Executive Director in developing the annual budget for internal scholarships.
• Provide an annual report on student success outcomes (persistence, completion, etc.) associated with all institutional scholarships.
• As requested, prepare various reports and reconciliations of funding sources with Business and Foundation Offices.
• Disburse scholarship funds to students in accordance with state and college policy and scholarship requirements.
• Review daily/weekly reports to ensure all students' financial aid has been processed.
• Participates in outreach to various community events.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and other benefits offered through the State Group Insurance plan.
• College paid retirement with 3% employee contribution to the Florida Retirement System (FRS)
• Sick and Annual (Vacation) Leave accrual
• Time off for designated holidays, winter break, and spring break
• 36-hour, 4-day work week, Monday-Thursday
• Free tickets to designated Mattie Kelly Arts Center and Raider Athletic events

Requirements:

• ·Associate's degree from a two or four-year college or university; plus, two (2) to four (4) years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of higher education processes and FERPA.

Application Instructions:

All sections of the application must be completed.

Please provide a complete application package that includes all of the following:

1. NWFSC Application.
2. Resume.
3. A cover letter explaining why you consider yourself qualified for this position.
4. Copies of unofficial transcripts.

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If you are disabled and need accommodations in order to participate in the application/selection process, please notify Human Resources before the specified closeout date. All qualified persons will be considered on an equal basis. Any applicant's grievance should be addressed to the Human Resources Executive Director. Northwest Florida State College does not discriminate based on age, color, ethnicity, race, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, religion, genetic information, sex, gender, or any other legally protected classification in its employment practices or its educational programs or activities. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NWFSC strictly prohibits the discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms and conditions of employment.  Preference will be given to eligible veterans and spouses of veterans for Career Service positions. NWFSC is an Equal Access/Equal Opportunity Institution and a Drug Free Workplace.