Senior Coordinator

Position Summary
This is a student-facing position that serves as the initial point of contact for students seeking information related to nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. The position provides high-level guidance to students on award availability eligibility criteria application timelines and selection processes. It has autonomy to select students for referral to more senior-level ODS staff (the executive director and part-time faculty director) for more specific individualized support. The position has primary responsibility for broadly publicizing the Office of Distinguished Scholarships its services and opportunities to current students and recent graduates. Excellent communication skills are required as this position will routinely make classroom presentations; organize campus-wide information sessions; develop targeted programs for first generation students transfer students and military-affiliated students; and maintain close collaborative relationships with key campus partners including various student clubs and associations to the Morehead-Cain Foundation the Robertson Scholars Program the Chancellors Sciences Scholars Program and UNC Global Affairs. This position supports the on-campus candidate selection process for awards that require institutional endorsement (such as the Rhodes Marshall Truman Goldwater Fulbright Boren and Churchill Scholarships). This includes convening faculty-staff selection committees and organizing the in-person interviews that are integral to identifying the Universitys nominees. The position creates and maintains a repository of student-centered resources including handouts tipsheets award guides how-to modules and videos. It also maintains accurate records related to past award winners comprehensive institutional award statistics and comparative data on distinguished scholarship programs at peer institutions.

Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm. Occasional evenings & weekends.