Troy University
Scholars Coordinator
🇺🇸 Dothan, AL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Other
🗓️ July 14th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Troy University is hiring a Scholars Coordinator. The role involves planning and executing programs to recruit rural, minority, and disadvantaged students into health careers, supporting health profession students and clinical training sites, and collaborating with academic and community partners within the Southeast Alabama AHEC 15-county service area.
Highlights
- Develop and evaluate health career preparation and promotion activities for young students.
- Collaborate with schools, HOSA chapters, and community partners to support student matriculation into health careers.
- Establish partnerships with academic programs to place health sciences students in rural clinical rotations and manage student housing.
- Identify and maintain clinical training sites with quality preceptors in underserved areas.
- Assist in creating continuing education programs for rural health providers and provide recruitment and retention support to clinical sites.
- Serve as a liaison between academic training and community outreach programs, planning interprofessional health education initiatives.
- Participate in special projects with academic institutions and healthcare organizations, including organizing conferences and health fairs.
- Required skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (including Publisher, Excel), web and email; excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills.
- Qualifications: Associate degree or higher in health-related or educational field; one year of relevant professional experience; preferred bachelor’s degree and two years’ experience.
- Must be able to travel throughout the 15-county service area and work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
Scholars Coordinator Full Description
Scholars Coordinator
Posting Number | SF2318P
Position Title | Scholars Coordinator
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Social Work - Dothan
Division | College of Health Sciences
Campus | Dothan
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Dothan - D01
Job Summary
The Scholars Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementing programs related to the recruitment of rural, minority and/or disadvantaged students into health careers, providing support for health profession students, clinical training sites, and health providers within the Southeast Alabama AHEC 15-county service area.
Recruit and Prepare Students for Health Careers Create, implement, and evaluate Health Careers Preparation and Promotion activities (i.e. enrichment activities, academic and career prep workshops, camps, parent academics etc.) for young students. Work with school administrators, teachers, counselors, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) chapters and community partners to identify, support student matriculation into a health career, with special emphasis on engaging students from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Train Health Profession Students and Residents Establish and maintain working relationships with faculty and staff of academic programs at private and state universities and community colleges, encouraging placement of health sciences students at clinics and other health provider sites located in rural and medically underserved areas. Locate and manage adequate housing for students doing rural clinical rotations. Identify, develop and maintain sufficient clinical training sites with quality preceptors for students electing to participate in rotations at rural and medically underserved locations.
Support Health Professionals and Clinical Sites Assist in developing and implementing accredited continuing education programs for health providers in rural and medically underserved communities. Provide recruitment and retention technical support and training to clinical sites in medically underserved communities.
Assist with Health and Community Development Serve as a community-based liaison between academic training and community-based outreach programs. Help plan and implement innovative, collaborative, interprofessional health education programs that meet community needs.
Special ProjectsParticipate in special projects implemented in partnership with academic institutions, healthcare organization or other charitable/nonprofit organizations with similar goals and objectives such as planning conferences, assisting with planning health and career fairs and other duties to be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Associate degree or higher in a health-related or educational field of study.
2. One year of related professional experience.
3. Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, Publisher, Excel etc.) as well as web and email proficiency.
4. Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision; must have superior organizational, oral, and written skills.
5. Must be able to travel throughout the 15-county service area.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Baccalaureate degree in a health-related or educational field of study
2. Two years of appropriate professional experience.
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility
Work Hours | Availability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends,
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No
Posting Date | 05/13/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44090
Position Title | Scholars Coordinator
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Social Work - Dothan
Division | College of Health Sciences
Campus | Dothan
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Dothan - D01
Job Summary
The Scholars Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementing programs related to the recruitment of rural, minority and/or disadvantaged students into health careers, providing support for health profession students, clinical training sites, and health providers within the Southeast Alabama AHEC 15-county service area.
Recruit and Prepare Students for Health Careers Create, implement, and evaluate Health Careers Preparation and Promotion activities (i.e. enrichment activities, academic and career prep workshops, camps, parent academics etc.) for young students. Work with school administrators, teachers, counselors, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) chapters and community partners to identify, support student matriculation into a health career, with special emphasis on engaging students from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Train Health Profession Students and Residents Establish and maintain working relationships with faculty and staff of academic programs at private and state universities and community colleges, encouraging placement of health sciences students at clinics and other health provider sites located in rural and medically underserved areas. Locate and manage adequate housing for students doing rural clinical rotations. Identify, develop and maintain sufficient clinical training sites with quality preceptors for students electing to participate in rotations at rural and medically underserved locations.
Support Health Professionals and Clinical Sites Assist in developing and implementing accredited continuing education programs for health providers in rural and medically underserved communities. Provide recruitment and retention technical support and training to clinical sites in medically underserved communities.
Assist with Health and Community Development Serve as a community-based liaison between academic training and community-based outreach programs. Help plan and implement innovative, collaborative, interprofessional health education programs that meet community needs.
Special ProjectsParticipate in special projects implemented in partnership with academic institutions, healthcare organization or other charitable/nonprofit organizations with similar goals and objectives such as planning conferences, assisting with planning health and career fairs and other duties to be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Associate degree or higher in a health-related or educational field of study.
2. One year of related professional experience.
3. Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, Publisher, Excel etc.) as well as web and email proficiency.
4. Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision; must have superior organizational, oral, and written skills.
5. Must be able to travel throughout the 15-county service area.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Baccalaureate degree in a health-related or educational field of study
2. Two years of appropriate professional experience.
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility
Work Hours | Availability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends,
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No
Posting Date | 05/13/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44090
Reference Letters
Reference Letters
Solicit References Through the System? | No
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions
Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions
Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Social Media website
- Indeed
- Other employment website (please specify below)
- Employee Referral (please specify below)
- Local newspaper (please specify below)
- Professional journal (please specify below)
- Other source (please specify below)
- Please specify:
(Open Ended Question) - * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
- Not a current Troy University employee
- Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
- Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
- Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
- * Do you have an Associate's degree or higher in a health-related or educational field of study?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have at least one year of related work experience?
- Yes
- No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Optional Documents
- List of References
- Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
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