Herc-Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

Summary of Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process reports to determine scholarship renewal eligibility and notification of ineligibility to students. 
• Manage Scholarship Management System- used for applications, committee review, awarding scholarships.
• Responsible for sending student communication for starting scholarship application, completing missing information, and notification of scholarship awards/progress.
• Maintain accurate list of scholarships.
• Monitor progress of student applications.
• Work with scholarship committees on providing access and answering questions.
• Assist in awarding of scholarships to students.
• Work with Office of Development on scholarship information/issues/awarding.
• Work with MSU Foundation to provide appropriate documentation and resolve semester awarding report discrepancies.
• Contact various scholarship committees to provide applicant information for scholarship selection process.
• Work with Bursar's Office to set up external scholarship accounts in Banner.
• Compile various scholarship reports as needed.
• Counsel students/families on the scholarship application process, eligibility, answer general questions.
• Give scholarship presentations to various audiences.
• Represent scholarship office at university functions.
• Maintain knowledge of university and outside scholarship guidelines to award appropriately.
• Work exception lists regularly to resolve scholarship disbursement issues.
• Place university scholarship and external scholarship awards on student accounts and work with Financial Aid to adjust any federal aid awards accordingly.
• Work with Bursar's Office to balance outside scholarship account regularly.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required. 

Minimum Experience and Skill Requirements:

• One year experience in a professional setting which required excellent office, organization, interpersonal, and communication skills.