Assistant Director, Scholars and Fellows Program; Center Student Success

Role Summary

The Scholars & Fellows Programs (SFP) team is seeking a creative, team-oriented Assistant Director, Scholars & Fellows Programs with excellent interpersonal skills to provide support for scholar development and nationally competitive fellowships advising within a complex office focused on academic and intellectual engagement for Johns Hopkins students. The SFP team, within the Center for Student Success (CSS), aligns fellowship advising with a mission of access and inclusion, supporting highly talented first‑generation, limited‑income (FLI) students who make up roughly 30% of the undergraduate population.

The Assistant Director will empower students by conducting outreach to and advising for students in fellowships programs such as Fulbright, UK Scholarships, Truman, Goldwater, and others, with a particular focus on engaging FLI students through early outreach initiatives and advising throughout their undergraduate career.

• Develop collaborative partnerships with faculty, academic departments and programs, CSS partners, and campus partners to identify strong candidates for fellowship opportunities, focusing on early outreach to FLI students and first‑ and second‑year students.
• Develop and implement a communication plan to promote participation in nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships among all Johns Hopkins students, partnering with FLI Network and the Success Coaching in Academic Advising Program to amplify communications to FLI students.
• In collaboration with other members of the SFP team, ensure that students in the university's scholars cohort programs are introduced to fellowship opportunities early in their academic career and that program learning goals prepare scholars for the fellowship application process.
• Develop partnerships with the Global Education Office (GEO) to support university efforts to increase awareness of and participation in international opportunities among FLI students. Collaborate with GEO in advertising and supporting applicants to national fellowships designed to support study abroad (e.g., Critical Language Scholarship, Gilman, Boren, Fulbright UK, Freeman‑Asia).
• Invite and host national foundations on campus to raise campus awareness of fellowship opportunities.
• In partnership with the Associate Director, prepare and disseminate publications of student finalists and award winners as needed.
• Manage the creation and dissemination of the SFP newsletters and listserv, and manage the SFP social media channels.
• Manage and update the primary resources for fellowship applicants, including databases and Canvas course content.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Advise undergraduate, graduate students and young alumni on applying for nationally competitive scholarships, managing a subset of these opportunities in coordination with the Associate Director.
• Along with other SFP team members, develop and conduct workshops to teach skills such as interviewing and personal statement writing, providing targeted workshops for FLI students via CSS partner programs including Success Coaching, FLI Network, and JUMP.
• In collaboration with the Associate Director, create and annually assess an application process for advising students applying for fellowships.
• Represent Johns Hopkins as an active member within the National Association of Fellowship Advisors.
• Recruit faculty and staff to serve on campus endorsement committees and practice interviews.
• Serve as a point of contact with scholarship foundations, providing insights into the university’s commitment to FLI initiatives.
• Serve as a prominent voice on issues related to access and inclusion in fellowship advising through social media, conferences, academic journals, and other forums.

• Organize scholarship endorsement interviews.
• Schedule mock interviews and coordinate events.
• Host and/or assist in delivering workshops for the Center for Student Success and campus partners.
• Plan and execute celebrations for fellowship applicants and recipients.