Financial Wellness Advocate

Job Posting:

JR101803 Financial Wellness Advocate (Open)

Academic Advising and Outreach, JM

Non-Regular Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

08-05-2026

08-19-2026

$70,000 Annually

Coppin State University, a fully accredited institution and memberof the University System of Maryland, accepts applications for aFinancial Wellness Advocate. Founded in 1900, Coppin is a modelurban, residential liberal arts university in the northwest sectionof the City of Baltimore that provides academic programs in thearts and sciences, teacher education, nursing, graduate studies,and continuing education. Coppin offers 33 Bachelor’s and 11

Master’s degree programs and 1 Doctoral degree program withapproximately 3000 students enrolled in day, evening, online, and weekend undergraduate and graduate courses. Coppin is a primarilycommuter University with about 600 student residents.

The Financial Wellness Advocate will provide proactive,student-centered guidance to support learners from their initialrecruitment through degree completion. This role advances financial wellness across the university by providing advocacy, education,outreach, and personalized support that helps students navigatepaying for college, reducing financial barriers, and persisting to graduation. The position also oversees institution-wide financial wellness initiatives, including programming, partnerships, data tracking, and strategic planning.

• Serve as a primary advocate for students experiencing financialchallenges that may impede enrollment, retention, orcompletion.
• Provide individualized coaching on financial aid literacy,FAFSA completion, scholarship identification, budgeting, loanmanagement, payment plans, and emergency financial options.
• Coordinate early outreach to prospective students and their families regarding financial readiness, aid processes, and affordability planning.
• Partner with admissions, financial aid, student accounts,academic advisors, and Our House mentors to identify at-risk students and intervene proactively.
• Support students in resolving financial aid issues, navigatingverification, and understanding financial decisions.

• Develop and oversee a comprehensive financial wellnesscurriculum (workshops, webinars, modules, peer programs).
• Create targeted content for special student populations(first-generation, adult learners, transfer students, studentparents, etc.).
• Coordinate campus-wide events such as Financial Literacy Month,FAFSA preparation clinics, scholarship boot camps, and financial capability fairs.
• Manage and train Our House mentors to be resources and referral sources.
• Collaborate with external partners (banks, nonprofits,community organizations) to offer evidence based financialeducation.

• Lead campus strategy on reducing financial barriers and improving student financial stability.
• Analyze data on student financial health, aid utilization,unmet need, and related retention barriers.
• Provide recommendations to senior leadership on policies that improve financial access and completion outcomes.
• Serve on university committees related to enrollment,retention, student success, and affordability.

• Maintain documentation, assessment reports, and program evaluation data.
• Produce annual reports summarizing impact, outcomes, andtrends.
• Manage technology and communications supporting financial wellness initiatives.

• Master's degree required, preferably in Higher Education Administration, College Student Personnel, or Student Affairs.

• Minimum three (3) years' experience.

• Skill in budget preparation and fiscal management to include multi-year budgeting.
• Knowledge of financial/business analysis techniques. Ability tolead and supervise students and staff
• Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines and procedures as they pertain to the department and the University
• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to organize and work effectively with…