Financial Aid Advisor

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide leadership and program management over an assigned area of specialty. Specialization assignments may include Grant and FWS Coordinator, Loan Coordinator, Scholarship Coordinator, Veterans Services Coordinator or Compliance Coordinator.
• Manage and execute day-to-day activities according to federal, state, and institutional requirements, including financial packaging, advising, Title IV eligibility, resolution of data conflicts and over awards.
• Accountable for program reconciliation, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations and institutional policy and safeguarding the institution's eligibility to participate in Title IV Programs.
• Utilize professional judgment on a case-by -case basis in accordance with federal, state and Intuitional statutes.
• Communicate and serve as liaison with federal and state agencies, financial institutions, campus offices, high school counselors and administrators.
• Provide financial aid counseling to students and parents regarding the financial aid or veteran processes.
• Monitor and evaluate satisfactory academic progress of students. Advise on financial aid status, eligibility, and appeal process.
• Represent the financial aid office on various platforms i.e., orientations, class presentations, campus visits, administrative meetings, Board of Trustee meetings, marketing, national and state associations.
• Participate in annual training and professional organizations to keep abreast of federal and state regulatory changes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or five (5) years of related experience OR an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Verbal and mathematical abilities sufficient to perform the functions of the position including excellent use of English grammar are necessary.
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills.
• Functional ability in departmentally related software applications, with the ability to learn new programs and adapt to new technology.
• Ability to interact with parents, students, co-workers, Parkland staff and government agencies on a professional level.
• In effort to comply with SURS return-to-work restrictions for employers (40 ILCS 5/15-139.5), candidates for employment at Parkland College must either not be a SURS annuitant or must be willing to suspend his/her SURS annuity upon employment. This applies to all SURS annuitants except those receiving their annuity under either the Self-Managed Plan (SMP) or by lump sum payment.