| Position Title: | Financial Aid Advisor | |
| Location: | Big Rapids (Main Campus) | |
| Department: | 61300 - Financial Aid | |
| Advertised Salary: | $45,000-$47,000. (Salary commensurate with education, experiences and other requirements). | |
Benefits:
| Comprehensive benefits package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. Admin / Admin Temp Benefit Plans | |
| FLSA: | Exempt | |
| Temporary/Continuing: | Continuing | |
| Part-Time/Full-Time: | Full-Time | |
| Union Group: | N/A | |
| Term of Position: | 12 Month | |
| At Will/Just Cause: | Just Cause | |
| Summary of Position: | • Provide expert financial aid counseling to students and parents, including appropriate information on aid eligibility, debt management, cost of attendance at Ferris State University and more.
• Maintain high level of expertise concerning the regulatory governance of institutional, state and federal financial aid programs, with an ability to convey complex financial aid concepts to a diverse constituent base that includes; students, parents and families, faculty and staff, executive leadership and more.
• Develop and manage policies and processes designed to ensure the effective distribution of financial resources, leveraging efficiencies that maximize utilization of funds and support student recruitment, retention and success. | |
| Position Type: | Staff | |
| Required Education: | • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university. | |
| Required Work Experience: | • Two years of full-time office experience in financial aid, customer relations (e.g. banking, lending, or business) and/or counseling (e.g., financial or educational). | |
| Required Licenses and Certifications: | | |
| Physical Demands: | - Office Environment
- Moving
- Reaching
- Sitting
- Twisting
- Repetitive movement
| |
| Additional Education/Experiences to be Considered: | • Demonstrated work experience in financial aid or customer service to students in a postsecondary education setting.
• Experience with Banner. | |
| Essential Duties/Responsibilities: | • Manage assigned financial aid programs at a high level that involves maintaining current knowledge and interpreting federal and state regulations, as well as maintaining institutional goals and objectives regarding financial aid.
• Actively seek out and engage in training and professional development opportunities designed to maintain in-depth familiarity and understanding of the FSA handbook.
• Leverage NASFAA membership and its available resources to remain familiar with current and future regulatory changes, trends, and best practices.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive expertise across the spectrum of financial aid programs and funding types, including an awareness of the institutional policy, state, and federal regulations governing each.
• Demonstrate an ability to translate complex financial aid regulations to a diverse constituency, including; students, parents, faculty, staff, and community members. • Providing professional guidance on all matters of financial aid, determining financial need and student eligibility for the issuance of all forms of aid, including; (but not limited to), scholarships, grants, loans, work study, and more.
• The develop and update critical technical processes, policy and procedures, relative to new and existing financial aid programs; as well as the implementation of these processes, including; staff training, review and assessment of outcomes to ensure program compliance.
• Participate in mission-critical recruitment and retention efforts.
• Demonstrates an understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, especially in working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
• Support, promote, and develop university student enrollment and retention initiatives.
• Provide expert counseling to students and parents regarding aid eligibility, application procedures, more through established, and emerging modes of communication that includes; (but not limited to), in-person/one-on-one, phone, email, virtual appointments and presentations, in-person/large group present
Job Summary
Job Tools
More Jobs
|
