Financial Aid Advisor III (Financial Aid Specialist for Loans)

Title: Financial Aid Advisor III (Financial Aid Specialist for Loans)

Salary Range: $3,162- $3,793 monthly

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Newtown Pike Campus

Department: Academics, & Student Services

Total Rewards

Bluegrass Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Acts as a primary assistant to the Associate Dean of Financial Aid and Financial Aid Director. Primary contact for the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, Schell Loan Program and Alternative Loan Program. Also, primary contact for consortium agreements related to processing and awarding federal and state aid programs.

Job Duties:

• Manage Student Loan Program to include Federal Direct Student Loans and Private / Alternative Educational Loans Running and working weekly loan processing and disbursement reports. Updating NSLDS and COD system. Work with the Development Office on processing Schell Loan.
  
  
• Develop and maintain entrance and exit counseling workshops. Assist with default management.
  
  
• Manage and process host institution and visiting institution consortium agreements.
  
  
• Performs financial aid verification, disbursement, authorization, directs loan processing, counseling, and reporting requirements. Resolve individual student issues and conflicts from the KCTCS Student Service Center and/or Starfish. Use individual dissection to implement resolution.
  
  
• Use professional knowledge to determine eligibility for professional judgments, EFC and budget recalculations, and Unusual Enrollment History Appeals.
  
  
• Conduct financial aid / scholarship presentations at workshops, orientation, high school workshops, and other community organizations/events.
  
  
• Attending Professional Development and Financial Aid conferences and training. Serve on college committees. Active participation in state financial aid association.
  
  
• Other duties as assigned by the Associate Vice President for Student Success and Associate Dean of Financial Aid.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, education or related field and four years of related work experience, or equivalent 

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, education or related field and six years of related work experience, or equivalent

Additional Skills Requested:

•Attention to detail.
• Problem Solving
•Good organizational skills.
•Good communication skills
•Ability to multi-task.
•Commitment to the mission of the college.
•Ability to collaboratively with others.
•Personal and professional integrity.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and Canva

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.