Senior Financial Aid Specialist for Scholarships (Financial Aid Advisor IV)

Kentucky Community and Technical College System • Lexington, KY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Overseeing college-wide scholarship programs implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with donors, grant, state and institutional guidelines to produce quality service for students.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and six years’ relevant experience, or equivalent.
• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail.
• Problem solving
• Good organizational skills.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and Canva
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to collaborate with others.
• Personal and professional integrity.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years’ relevant experience, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Monitors, processes and supervise the scholarship program to include donor, grant and institutional scholarships.
• Works directly with BCTC Advancement Office and KCTCS Advancement Office.
• Serves as chair of the college’s Scholarship Committee.
• Monitors scholarship committee member performance.
• Monitors and evaluates scholarship awards and acceptance.
• Convenes BCTC Advancement Office and Program faculty as needed to ensure effective and flexible awarding practices.
• Works collaboratively with the Office of Advancement to ensure awarding of new Foundation Scholarships gifted throughout the academic year.
• Monitors, processes and supervises state KEES and Early Childhood Scholarship.
• Assist with processing other state aid programs.
• Assist Associate Dean of Financial Aid to ensure compliance with state standards.
• Conduct annual audit of state aid programs.
• Perform reconciliation on KEES and Early Childhood Scholarship.
• Assist with reconciliation of other state aid programs.
• Provide counseling and assistance to students regarding various types of educational funding; completion of forms; acts as a liaison for students with other internal and external offices
• Conduct presentations at high school workshops, on and off campus financial aid workshops, and orientation.
• Perform 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 discretion to implement resolution.
• Attend Professional Development and Financial Aid conferences and training.
• Active participation in state financial aid association.
• Other duties as assigned by the Associate Vice Chancellor, Dean of Students. Associate Dean of Financial Aid, and Financial Aid Director.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Exceptional health care, vision, and 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior