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Title: Asst Dir, Schlrshp & State Aid

Position Type: Fulltime Staff

Search Type: External - minimum 7 days

Department: 30R003 - StudentSuccess,Outreach&Opportunity

Division: 5R0000 - Student Success,Opportunity&Engage

Position Location: Richmond Campus

Driver Classification: Non-Driver

FLSA: Exempt

Schedule Type:  Full Time (37.5 hrs per week or more)

Hours Per Week:

Additional Schedule Details:

Posted Salary Grade: Exempt - 44

Retirement:   KTRS 

Contact Person: Justin Cristello

Job Summary/Basic Functions

The primary responsibility of the Assistant Director of Scholarships and State Aid is to assess and award Institutional Merit and Foundation Scholarships. The position oversees the process of awarding tuition waivers to include graduate assistants, foster/adopted, supervising teachers, police/firefighter memorial, state employee waiver, academic common market, Berea college collaborative, EKU employee and employee dependent tuition waivers, medical technology waiver, public postsecondary waiver, KDVA waivers, and Fayette county ESL course coverage. coordinate the awarding, reconciliation, and monitoring EKU university and state scholarship/grant programs. This position provides support to Big E Central staff to communicate appropriate scholarship information to students and families.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree is required.

Experience: Two years of related experience required.

Licensure & Certifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Job Duties:

• 55% - Maintains and awards all tiers of Institutional Merit scholarship funds for EKU. Responsible for maintaining and awarding Foundation funds that are allocated to Enrollment Management. - (Essential)
• 15% - Oversees the State Aid and Scholarships Coordinator to ensure awarding tuition waivers (graduate assistants, foster/adopted, supervising teachers, police/firefighter memorial, state employee waiver, KDVA waivers) is both compliant and efficient. - (Essential)
• 10% - Ensures that student resources and other aid funds are appropriately reported and that financial aid is packaged within the appropriate budget. - (Essential)
• 10% - Manages institutional and state funded scholarship programs. (supervises the State Aid and Scholarship Coordinator, maintains accuracy and updates of the scholarship web pages, and ensures the Scholarship Office is operating in compliance with Institutional, State, and Federal regulations). - (Essential)
• 5% - Awards outside agency scholarships, oversees the authorization of third party funds to student accounts. - (Essential)
• 5% - Provides support to Big E Central staff to communicate appropriate scholarship information to students and families and other duties as assigned- assisting Financial Aid office operations. - (Essential)

Sponsorship: Visa sponsorship will be considered on a case-by-case basis, depending upon the needs of the unit, available sponsorship budget, and the qualifications of the candidate.

Funding Source: Institutional

Open Until Filled:

Special Instructions:

AA/EEO Statement

Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information in the admission to, or participation in, any educational program or activity (e.g., athletics, academics and housing) which it conducts or any employment policy or practice.

Background Check Statement

Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory background check.