Job Summary: 

• Advises prospective, continuing and reentering students and parents of financial aid programs 
• Counseling students and families on effective financial planning and budgeting to meet the cost of education.
• Matches and reviews student records with the Department of Education and Banner, perform a needs analysis
• Evaluate eligibility, determine issues related to over awards, defaults, or overlapping loan periods and package financial aid awards.
• Advises students and families on Professional Judgments and Special Circumstances and gathers all necessary data 
• Resolve duplicate borrower and other reports provided by the Department of Education regarding current and prospective students.
• Provides a presentation to potential students and families during financial aid night and assures all incoming students have Financial Aid resources.
• Collaborates with the Financial Aid Compliance Specialist to monitor students’ academic progress and continued financial aid eligibility.

Skills on Resume: 

• Financial Aid Counseling (Soft Skills)  
• Financial Planning (Soft Skills)  
• Record Matching (Hard Skills)  
• Eligibility Evaluation (Hard Skills)  
• Data Gathering (Hard Skills)  
• Issue Resolution (Hard Skills)  
• Public Presentation (Soft Skills)  
• Compliance Monitoring (Hard Skills)  

Job Summary: 

• Advise students and families on financial aid eligibility requirements for federal, state, and institutional aid programs
• Assist students with the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Discuss scholarship and grant renewal criteria
• Counsel students and parents on Satisfactory Academic Progress, the Special Circumstances process, and Verification
• Communicate with students and parents in person, on the phone, and through e-mail
• Advise students on study abroad costs and trip planning
• Assist students with Loan Entrance and Exit Counseling
• Counsel students on loan debt, repayment plans, and loan consolidation
• Perform outreach activities including supervising an information table at events, high school presentations, and departmental presentations
• Represent Student Financial Aid within the state, regional, and national financial aid organizations

Skills on Resume: 

• Eligibility Advising (Hard Skills)  
• FAFSA Assistance (Hard Skills)  
• Renewal Criteria Discussion (Hard Skills)  
• Academic Counseling (Soft Skills)  
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)  
• Study Abroad Advising (Hard Skills)  
• Loan Counseling (Hard Skills)  
• Outreach Coordination (Soft Skills)  

Job Summary: 

• Meets (virtually, phone, in person, email, etc.) with applicants as part of the enrollment process and maintains ongoing communication 
• Gather information for Financial Aid to complete processing
• Provides a generic overview of the Financial Aid programs available to qualifying students attending the respective school, including local, state, and federal programs
• Guides students on how to best gather the information to complete paperwork successfully 
• Meet the Financial Aid deadlines for completing the process
• Guides students and families through the paperwork completion phases
• Introduces students to the Financial Aid online process in order to increase utilization, and improve packaging performance
• Explains direct and indirect school costs through simplified budget presentations and walks through a personal and school budget
• Meets with students to present personally tailored tuition plans
• Coordinates student stitch-in efforts with the directors of admissions and student management and the student's Financial Aid representatives
• Follows up with students until they start school

Skills on Resume: 

• Client Communication (Soft Skills)  
• Information Gathering (Hard Skills)  
• Program Knowledge (Hard Skills)  
• Advisory Skills (Soft Skills)  
• Deadline Management (Hard Skills)  
• Process Guidance (Soft Skills)  
• Online System Navigation (Hard Skills)  
• Financial Planning (Hard Skills)  

Job Summary: 

• Provide overall direction for interpretation and implementation of federal, state and institutional policies
• Ensure that internal processing procedures are developed to meet regulatory guidelines and requirements.
• Update and prepare training materials and office procedures in accordance with regulatory changes. 
• Timely completion and submission of all required federal and state applications and reports. 
• Track student aid awards, and expenditures
• Direct the drawdown and disbursement of federal, resources
• Report expenditures, reconcile annual fund balances, and direct refunds. 
• Ensure exception-free financial aid audits and program reviews. 
• Initiate controls to limit over-awards, over-earnings, account adjustments, etc.
• Apply academic progress and certification criteria to disbursement and refund programs
• Utilize the student records system to fully implement rules, forms, processes and reports.

Skills on Resume: 

• Policy Interpretation (Hard Skills)  
• Procedure Development (Hard Skills)  
• Material Preparation (Hard Skills)  
• Report Submission (Hard Skills)  
• Financial Tracking (Hard Skills)  
• Fund Management (Hard Skills)  
• Audit Compliance (Hard Skills)  
• System Utilization (Hard Skills)  

Job Summary: 

• Advises students regarding various financial assistance options
• Provides information and resources to students and assists in completing the appropriate forms
• Interviews students and assesses financial status as identified by the interview and application documents
• Refers students when appropriate, to other services within the University (e.g. Counselling, Academic Advising, Disability Services, First Nations, Financial Services).
• Administers a variety of University student financial assistance programming, including coordinating and communicating information to departments pertaining to the processing of the award
• Determining eligibility, assessing and evaluating bursary, scholarship and award applications while applying established criteria, guidelines or procedures
• Reviewing and verifying department selections to ensure recipients meet award eligibility requirements
• Recommending approval for distribution of such funds to the Supervisor and/or the Associate Registrar, prepares cheque requisitions.
• Establishes and implements procedures and processes on the administration of all aspects of government-funded, university-administered student financial 2 assistance programs (e.g. AUG, CSG-HNPT) to ensure programs are accessed by eligible students. 
• Coordinates the workflow (e.g. data input, generating letters, emails to students) as it pertains to these programs.

Skills on Resume: 

• Financial Counseling (Hard Skills)  
• Form Processing (Hard Skills)  
• Financial Assessment (Hard Skills)  
• Program Administration (Hard Skills)  
• Eligibility Determination (Hard Skills)  
• Process Implementation (Hard Skills)  
• Workflow Coordination (Hard Skills)  
• Referral Services (Soft Skills)  

Job Summary: 

• Advising and guiding potential students on all possible funding options
• Explaining the Government Student Loan program and benefits to new applicants
• Supporting individuals with applying for Student Loan funding and providing appropriate guidance throughout the process
• Educating potential students & key influencers regarding the value of investment in education
• Building and maintaining accurate and complete electronic student files
• Entering, tracking and reconciling payments and invoicing for overdue amounts
• Assisting in the development of systems and procedures for financial services
• Informing students of the College Tuition Refund Policy and Dispute Resolution Policies

Skills on Resume: 

• Funding Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Records Management (Hard Skills)
• Financial Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
• System Development (Hard Skills)
• Communication (Soft Skills)
• Advising (Soft Skills)
• Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
• Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)