Financial Aid Advisor - Internal Posting

About Us:

Founded in 1968 to meet the post-secondary and continuing education needs of Cecil County residents, Cecil College has been serving the community and shaping its future for more than 50 years. The College is governed by a Board of Trustees appointed by the governor. The College’s fifth president, Dr. Mary Way Bolt, reports directly to the Board of Trustees.

Cecil College is centrally located in Maryland’s most northeastern county, just one half mile from Interstate 95. It is easily accessible from Philadelphia and Baltimore, as well as from Wilmington, Delaware.

With a diverse student population, Cecil College enrolls approximately 2,500 credit students and 3,400 non-credit students. Cecil offers associate degrees, certificate programs and non-credit classes. Cecil offers a variety of associate degree and certificate programs.

Through its open admissions policy, Cecil College provides learning opportunities for all who have the desire and ability to benefit from its courses and programs, regardless of age, gender, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, or socioeconomic status.

Employees of Cecil College, including instructors for online and virtual courses, must be residents of Maryland or the contiguous states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US, as the College does not offer Visa sponsor ships.

Reporting to the Director of Financial Aid, the Financial Aid Advisor is responsible for the administration and reconciliation of multiple financial aid programs and must adhere to the applicable federal, state, and college regulations and practices to perform essential processing. These responsibilities will necessate the use of various software and web-based applications specific to financial aid operations. The Advisor will have responsibility to review student financial aid applications/records, including verification.

Additionally, they will be responsible for oversight and coordination of Veteran’s education benefits. The Financial Aid Advisor will be held accountable for compliance with all federal and state regulations related to financial aid, veteran’s educational benefits, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This role is responsible for performing Return to Title IV Funds calculations and reconciliation of Federal aid programs.

This position requires an exceptional degree of regulatory and statutory knowledge in the areas of needs analysis, verification, and financial aid packaging as well as the ability to exercise critical thinking and decision making within the framework of Professional Judgment Standards. This role has both primary duties, which the Financial Aid Advisor has full responsibility for, as well as secondary duties, which are shared between Financial Aid Advisors.

Due to the need for interaction with students, employees, and college community, this position requires in-person presence but is eligible for telework: positions with back-up duties require consistent on-site presence; telework may be available to certain roles on a limited basis to best meet the needs of the department.

• Counsel parents and students regarding availability of financial aid funding, eligibility requirements and the application process, to include escalated concerns.
• Conduct workshops on completing the financial aid application for prospective, new, and enrolled students on a regularly scheduled rotation.
• Act as back-up to part-time staff in covering front office during working hours, as needed and as directed by supervisor and/or designee.
• Review student financial aid applications and perform federal verification on selected records, resolve conflicting in formation and C coded records.
• Evaluate special circumstance requests and make a relatively assured determination that changing and reprocessing financial (FAFSA) data to the federal processor is within program statute.
• Process financial aid withdrawals and the “Return to Title IV Funds” calculations.
• Reconcile excess funds, if any, that are generated from…