Senior Fellowships & Endowment Coordinator

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General Notes About The University of Texas at Austin What starts here changes the world. The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world with top national programs across 19 colleges and schools. By creating educational opportunities for all and leading cutting‑edge research at scale, the University fosters positive social change, technological advancement, and economic progress showing the world that change really does start here.

An organizational priority is to successfully make UT the world’s highest‑impact public research university, unleashing knowledge, opportunity and innovation from the heart of Texas. Learn more about UT's mission and values, and leadership.

The University provides a competitive benefits package that includes insurance and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services.

The Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the nation’s premier public policy schools. As Texas’ top‑ranked policy school for over five decades, the LBJ School provides unmatched opportunities for students to engage with policymakers, industry leaders and innovators in Austin and beyond. The school is committed to improving the quality of public service in the United States and abroad at all levels of governance and civic engagement.

Our goals are to prepare students and professionals for leadership positions in public service, produce interdisciplinary research to advance our understanding of complex societal problems and create solutions, promote effective public policy and management practice and foster civic engagement on issues of public concern. Committed to advancing the quality of public service, the LBJ School continues to drive education, research and civic engagement at all levels of governance.

The Senior Fellowships and Endowment Coordinator serves as the lead administrator for the school’s fellowship and scholarship programs and coordinates the financial stewardship, compliance, budgeting, reporting, and strategic use of endowment funds. The position manages the full lifecycle of student funding, from outreach and application administration through award processing, reconciliation, analysis, and reporting. This role also ensures endowment activity is consistent with donor criteria, university requirements and supports leadership decision‑making.

Serve as the primary point of contact for fellowship and scholarship programs. Manage application cycles, eligibility reviews, award recommendations, exceptions, and funding decisions. Process and track fellowship and scholarship awards and acceptance agreements, modifications, tuition payments, stipend and internship awards through university systems. Maintain accurate program records and coordinate award administration with academic programs, centers, and university office. Develop annual and multi‑year fellowship and scholarship strategies that advance enrollment, yield, student success, and stewardship goals.

Track and analyze admissions, enrollment, award, expenditure, commitment, and utilization data to inform funding models, award recommendations, budget projections, and forecasts. Create dashboards, executive summaries, and reports, and reconcile funding activity across sources to improve resource…