Gallaspy Scholars Recruitment Coordinator

Northwestern State University seeks an energetic and student-focused professional to serve as the Gallaspy Scholars Recruitment Coordinator. The Gallaspy Scholars Recruitment Coordinator is a specialized recruitment position dedicated to increasing enrollment in Northwestern State University's initial teacher-certification programs and expanding the pipeline of qualified students who may benefit from scholarships supported by the Mary R. Gallaspy Charitable Trust #2. The coordinator identifies, informs, recruits and supports prospective students who have expressed an interest in becoming certified educators, with particular emphasis on helping eligible students understand and pursue the Gallaspy Scholars opportunity.

This is not a general university recruiter position. The coordinator's assigned population, outreach, events, communications and performance measures shall be limited to prospective or admitted students considering initial teacher-certification programs and to activities directly supporting the Gallaspy Scholars pipeline.

Northwestern State University is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency.

The successful candidate will be subject to a background check, as a condition of employment.

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This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

All complaints or inquiries related to Title IX should be directed to the Director of Title IX Compliance and Title IX Coordinator, Julie Powell ), Room 306 of the Friedman Student Union or email tix.

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• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Experience in student recruitment, admissions, education, counseling, public relations, outreach or a closely related field.
• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with high school and college-age students, families, counselors, educators and school-system partners.
• Ability to travel for assigned education-focused recruitment activities and to work occasional evenings or weekends.

• Experience in K-12 education, educator preparation, higher education recruitment or student advising.
• Knowledge of Louisiana teacher-certification pathways and the challenges affecting the educator workforce pipeline.
• Experience using a customer relationship management system or comparable student-tracking platform.

• Growth and documented engagement of the assigned teacher-education prospect pool.
• Applications,…