Financial Aid Specialist

Posting Details

Posting Details

Posting Number 0600602 Position Title Financial Aid Specialist Position Status Staff Reports to Shaman Quinn Department Fin. Aid & Scholarships Posting Date 02/24/2025 Closing Date Job Category Professional Anticipated Start Date Position Term 12 month FLSA Non-Exempt Starting Salary Range Starting wage is $22.30/hour (FY2027) Benefits Fully-benefited If 'Other', please specify Job Summary

This position implements the State and Federal compliance or the administration of the financial aid programs or the scholarships.

Position status updated to "open until filled", 3/25/2024; updated to 2 positions 8/22/24; refreshed posting date 2/24/2025; updated FY2027 wage on 6/16/26.

Essential Responsibilities & Duties

1. Administers scholarship and/or financial aid activities, which includes: tracking budgets to ensure compliance with specified awards; coordinating the dissemination of awards; determining program eligibility based on established criteria; monitoring academic progress to ensure compliance with specified requirements; preparing and issuing award letters; keeping abreast of applicable program criteria and requirements; drafting and recommending procedures for accepting, processing, and disseminating awards; and, performing other related activities.

2. Provides assistance, information, and guidance to students regarding financial aid and/or scholarship programs and information.

3. Prepares and/or administers a variety of required reports and/or databases and disseminates information to appropriate internal and external constituencies.

4. Audits and monitors compliance with specified guidelines and requirements for financial aid and/or scholarship programs; researches and resolves problematic issues.

5. Maintains applicable web site information, ensuring information is current, accurate, and up-to-date.

6. Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Required Training and Experience

Associate Degree or two-year technical certificate, and at least two years of experience in a student financial aid or other administrative environment; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

Preferred Training & Experience Licensing Requirements

Acceptable background check required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Scholarship and/or financial aid processes, applications, and procedures;
• Database management principles;
• Basic budgeting principles;
• Basic website maintenance principles;
• Applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines;
• Customer service principles.

Skill in:

• Using a computer and related software applications;
• Setting up and maintaining databases;
• Monitoring financial aid and/or scholarship or other budget information;
• Maintaining confidentiality;
• Processing administrative documents such as financial aid and/or scholarship applications and information;
• Providing customer service;
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines;
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require: fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Incumbents may be subjected to travel.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Current Resume Required - Attach as "Resume" to this online application;

Cover Letter Required - Attach as "Cover Letter" to this online application;

Transcripts Required - For evidence of educational completion, unofficial transcripts are accepted in the application process. Please remove security-sensitive information such as social security numbers and date of birth from the transcript. Official transcripts will be required upon hire. Include copies of both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. All transcripts must be attached as one document to this online application. Attach as "Transcripts";

Web-Based Video Interviewing Capabilities Required - Candidates who are selected for screening interviews must have the ability to access and utilize a web-based video interviewing product. Candidates will need to provide and have access to a computer, laptop, or an acceptable mobile device such as a tablet computer with good internet access, audio listening capabilities, a microphone, and a web camera. Candidates must have the ability to accept a user agreement and software download of a web-based video interviewing product which we will provide.

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Posting Specific Questions

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Applicant Documents

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Transcripts and/or Certificates

Optional Documents