Associate Director, Scholarship Services

Location: Prairie View, Texas, United States

Company

Prairie View A&M University is a higher education institution operating scholarship and student financial aid programs.

What you will do

• Manage the university scholarship program, including promotion, application support, eligibility verification, awarding, and student communications.
• Oversee scholarship records and awards in the financial aid delivery system, Awards Management (Blackbaud), and Banner.
• Resolve scholarship disbursement exceptions and eligibility discrepancies in collaboration with the Business Office and other university departments.
• Lead and guide assigned staff and departmental working groups while collaborating with faculty, advisors, outreach teams, recruitment, athletics, and external constituents.
• Maintain scholarship criteria, agreements, policies, and procedures, and support scholarship audits and reporting.
• Participate in enrollment management, student retention, scholarship appeals, and initiatives to improve scholarship processing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least seven years of related experience.
• Knowledge of higher education, student financial aid processes, and applicable federal and state regulations.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Strong oral and written communication, organizational, multitasking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated leadership ability.

Nice to have

• Eight years of experience in financial aid and/or scholarship administration.
• Experience leading or supervising staff.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time staff employment within a university student financial aid department.
• Employment is contingent upon credential verification and completion of a criminal history check because the position is security-sensitive.
• Texas A&M University will not pay the $100,000 fee associated with certain new H-1B petitions.
• A Texas moratorium on new H-1B filings may affect the institution's ability to employ candidates who require current or future sponsorship.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume or CV and cover letter through the PVAMU career site by September 14, 2026.
• Applicants are subject to institutional credential verification and a criminal history investigation.