Financial Aid Scholarship Coordinator

Financial Aid Scholarship Coordinator

Join our team at the College of Coastal Georgia! Located on the southeast Atlantic coast in Brunswick, midway between Savannah, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida, the College of Coastal Georgia is an undergraduate college in the University System of Georgia with an additional outreach through the Camden Center in Kingsland, Georgia. The College provides an affordable and interactive education in the natural beauty and abundant sunshine of Georgia's Golden Isles, an area noted for world-class golf courses and resorts as well as amazing diversity of maritime habitats, wildlife and sea creatures.

Our campus is located at One College Drive Brunswick, GA 31520.

The Financial Aid Scholarship Coordinator administers, tracks, and promotes institutional and donor-funded scholarships. The position serves as the functional administrator for the College's scholarship management system; advises students and families regarding scholarship opportunities and requirements; collaborates with Institutional Advancement, academic units, and other campus partners; and coordinates the College's annual Scholarship Day and related scholarship events.

Responsibilities include supporting the administration and daily operation for the College’s scholarship management system; partnering with Admissions, academic deans, Athletics, and campus committees to support the equitable, timely, and compliant selection and awarding of institutional scholarships; advising prospective and current students and their families regarding scholarship opportunities, application timelines, eligibility requirements, and general state and federal financial aid processes through individual counseling and public presentations;

promoting scholarship opportunities to increase student participation; managing public financial aid and scholarship webpages; and presenting information during orientations and community outreach events.

Additionally, the coordinator coordinates with Institutional Advancement to match qualified students with documented donor criteria and ensure scholarship awards align with donor intent. The position also plans, organizes, and executes the College’s annual Scholarship Day and collaborates with Institutional Advancement on other donor and recipient recognition events. The coordinator monitors recipients’ satisfactory academic progress, enrollment status, and other requirements to determine continued scholarship eligibility.

They review need-analysis information, Banner updates, and University System of Georgia reports for data integrity and supports scholarship account reconciliation in coordination with appropriate campus offices. They perform related duties as assigned to support the overall mission of the Financial Aid Office.

Required Qualifications include a bachelor degree in business, communication, higher education or related field. Other required qualifications include the ability to work occasional evenings or weekends for scholarship programs and events. Required experience includes two years of related experience in financial aid, scholarship administration, student services, higher education administration, or data and software coordination.

Preferred Experience includes three or more years of experience in financial aid or scholarship administration. Experience using scholarship management software, the Banner student information system, coordinating events or educational programs, and administering donor-funded or institutional scholarships is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities include the ability to plan and coordinate scholarship programs, application cycles, committee workflows, and events; interpret and apply policies, procedures, and scholarship criteria…