Title:
Assistant Director, Student Financial Aid Services
Department:
Student Financial Aid Services
Reports To:
Director of Financial Aid for Compliance & Operations
Position Type:
Staff
Position Summary:
The Assistant Director is responsible for the management of one or more federal, state, and institutional programs. Assists and supports the director in the administration of student financial aid programs in compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations. The position reports to the Executive Director of Student Financial Aid Services with some functional supervision by the Associate Director.
Essential Functions:
- Manage one or more federal, state and institutional financial aid programs. This includes ensuring compliance, developing and maintaining written procedures in the administration of the program, setting and following an annual schedule of activities and deadlines required to administer the program, monitoring and overseeing program budget, and reconciling student aid and/or scholarship fund accounts.
- Analyze, interpret and follow federal, state and institutional regulations and guidelines in administering the various federal, state, private and institutional student aid and scholarship programs.
- Prepare reports and records to insure fiscal accountability of financial aid programs.
- Perform student aid needs analysis, verification of financial data and other criteria to confirm student aid eligibility, federal state and institutional financial aid award packaging, process and originate educational loans for students and parents, and other procedures necessary to deliver financial aid to students.
- Counsel and advise students on the student aid application process with a focus on, eligibility requirements, needs analysis, process for change in financial circumstances, rights and responsibilities regarding student aid, academic progress requirements and procedures for appealing, and other information related to student scholarships, grants, work and loans.
Additional Functions:
- Assist the director in establishing and implementing financial aid guidelines, policies and procedures. Assist in the development and maintenance of Policy and Procedures Manual.
- Conduct Student Financial Aid workshops and Debt Counseling presentations as well as attend Open House and other student outreach efforts offered in the evening or the weekends.
- Perform other related duties.