Financial Aid Specialist
About The Position
Viterbo University is seeking a Financial Aid Specialist to improve students’ financial literacy and access to financial resources. The role develops financial aid and scholarship webpages and educational materials, and facilitates workshops and scholarship seminars. This is a full-time, 12-month, benefit-eligible, grant-funded limited-term position anticipated to last five years, contingent on continued grant funding. Employment beyond the grant period is not guaranteed. The specialist will develop a program and space where students can ask questions about student loans, budgeting, scholarships, and ways to pay their student bills. The role also supports campus-based employment opportunities, provides professional development and training to financial aid staff, and hires and supervises four peer mentors, each working 10 hours per week. The successful candidate will support Viterbo University’s mission of preparing students for faithful service and ethical leadership and its Franciscan values of contemplation, hospitality, integrity, service, and stewardship. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; the university cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship at this time.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Strong organizational, communication, technological, and creative skills.
- Authorization to work for any employer in the United States; sponsorship is not available.
Nice To Haves
- Financial aid experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop a program and space where students can ask questions about student loans, budgeting, scholarships, and options for paying their student bills.
- Develop and maintain a webpage dedicated to outside scholarship opportunities and promote those options to students.
- Create educational materials and facilitate workshops and scholarship seminars.
- Support the effective utilization of campus-based employment opportunities.
- Provide professional development and training to financial aid staff to strengthen student-centered service practices.
- Hire and supervise four peer mentors, each working 10 hours per week.
- Perform other financial aid or related duties assigned by the Director of Financial Aid.
Benefits
- Benefit-eligible position.
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Job Type
Full-time
