Senior Financial Aid Coordinator

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Drive
Human Resources
MASS Building 2 nd Floor
Edinburg, TX 78539

Edinburg:
Brownsville:
Office hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00a.m.

- 5:00p.m.

Faculty Recruitment:
College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs

Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

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Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number SRGV
9136

Working Title

Working Title SENIOR FINANCIAL AID COORDINATOR

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 1

Location

Location Edinburg, Texas

Department

FTE

FTE 1

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Scope of Job

To provide supervisory skills in the coordination of several programs and activities in the day to day operation of the University the Office of Student Financial Services. Responsible for decision making processes requiring initiative and judgment in responding to individual needs of students for administration of one or more programs areas within the office of Student Financial Services, and for the development of information and repost as required by financial aid programs.

Description of Duties

• Manages assigned student financial aid programs.
• Establishes, manages, and monitors standards of quality control for financial aid programs.
• Resolves general and complex award issues.
• Maintains compliance of State, Federal and Institutional programs.
• Reconciles financial aid program accounts with the Financial Aid Accounting Office.
• Prepares and reviews reports and data for internal and external reporting and perform statistical analysis.
• Manages federal, state and institutional fund allocations in the awarding and disbursing process.
• Identifies program issues and challenges and works with management to resolve them.
• Communicates with federal and state agencies, as well as current and potential students regarding financial aid related issues.
• Ensures accurate disbursement to financial aid recipients and resolves unusual problems.
• Supervises employees in the administration of program(s) and assumes role of Assistant Director in absence of management.
• Represents Office at meetings, seminars and/or conferences.
• Counsels students on financial aid questions and makes decisions regarding awards.
• Interprets and implements regulations set forth by federal and state agencies.
• Plans, designs and conducts workshops and presentations for students to ensure full utilization of financial aid funds.
• Serves as liaison between the office of Student Financial Aid and other campus departments, as well as federal and state agencies.
• Resolves complex and controversial program issues to assist management with decision making.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

General direction from the assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given

Supervises assigned staff.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education

N/A

Licenses/Certifications

None.

Required Experience

Three (3) years work experience in a closely related field to the duties being performed.

Preferred Experience

Work experience in Financial Aid.

Equipment

Proficiency in MS Microsoft Office products and ability to learn other software programs.

Working Conditions

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Usual office environment.

Other

Must have strong interpersonal and communications skills as well as excellent organizational skills and be detail oriented. Ability to…