Recruiting Specialist; Grant Funded

Position: Recruiting Specialist (Grant Funded)
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Job Description Department:
Division of Health Science Professions General Statement of Job The Recruiting Specialist for the Division of Health Science Professions will support the U.S. Department of Labor grant deliverable by strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline in the Rio Grande Valley through intentional recruitment, outreach, student engagement, enrollment tracking, and grant-aligned reporting.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Recruit eligible students, nontraditional learners, incumbent healthcare workers, adult learners, displaced workers, individuals seeking entry or advancement in healthcare careers, and other priority populations through grant objectives.

Develop and implement a strategic recruitment plan for Health Science Professions programs and grant-supported healthcare pathways.

Assists with recruitment activities with high schools, early college high schools, community organizations, healthcare employers, workforce partners, adult education programs, and regional stakeholders.

Represent the Division of Health Science Professions at recruitment events, career fairs, school visits, employer meetings, community presentations, and grant-related outreach activities.

Promote healthcare pathways to all Health Science Professions programs.

Maintain a recruitment calendar and document outreach events, campus tours, attendance, contacts, referrals, and follow-up actions.

Provide first-level guidance to prospective students healthcare career pathways.

Conduct intake and follow-up with prospective students to identify any educational barriers including but not limited to academic, financial, transportation, childcare, technology, language, employment, or scheduling barriers.

Refer students to appropriate institutional departments, including admissions, advising, financial aid, counseling, testing, tutoring, disability services, career services, and program faculty.

Track participant progress from inquiry to application, admission, enrollment, program participation, completion, credential attainment, and employment or continued education.

Support the U.S. DOL grant deliverable by increasing the number of eligible participants recruited, enrolled, retained, and successfully progressing in Health Science Professions pathways.

Maintain documentation required for grant compliance, including outreach logs, participant contact records, eligibility documentation where applicable, referral records, enrollment data, progress updates, completion data, and employment-related information.

Assist with the preparation of quarterly, annual, and final grant reports by providing accurate recruitment, enrollment, retention, completion, and participant outcome data. Support recruitment of incumbent healthcare workers into upskilling, reskilling, bridge, apprenticeship, and credential pathways.

Support targeted communication campaigns for prospective students, applicants, stop-outs, incumbent workers, and community partners.

Maintain accurate and auditable records of recruitment activities, participant contacts, referrals, events, follow-up contacts, and student outcomes.

Collaborate with Health Science Professions program chairs, faculty, staff,…