Assistant Director for Loans & Outside Aid

Assistant Director For Loans & Outside Aid

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The Assistant Director for Loans & Outside Aid serves under the Associate Director of University Financial Aid and leads key operational and policy oversight for federal & alternative loan funding, as well as outside grants and scholarships across the university. The ADLOA (at applicable schools) manages federal loan processing end-to-end, including eligibility, origination, certification, disbursement, error resolution, and borrower requirements. This position will provide comprehensive and quality financial aid administration and counseling related to federal & alternative loans, as well as outside grants, scholarships, and related aid to all of Yale's schools and financial aid offices.

Required

Skills and Abilities

1. Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as provide insightful guidance and support for decentralized counterparts. Strong ability to identify opportunities to improve existing programs and processes and to develop new ones.

2. Excellent written and oral communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work productively with the school's internal stakeholders.

3. Experience with administering Title IV and other federal and state financial aid programs, as well as alternative loan certification and outside aid processing

4. Must have a strong ability to understand and engage with new systems and technologies, with a preference for candidates with Argos and Banner experience.

5. Must have a demonstrated capability for finding, interpreting, and communicating federal and state guidance. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

Master's Degree and/or successive growth of responsibility within the financial aid office

Principal Responsibilities

1. Directs, monitors, and assesses needs and directs the application of resources of an administrative University office dealing with one or more major functional areas.
2. Directs and implements solutions to problems that are routine to complex in nature and that affect multiple functional areas of responsibility.
3. Plans and/or participates in planning University activities on a long-term basis to comply with University goals and objectives.
4. Establishes and implements consistent university-wide policies in multiple functional areas of responsibility.
5. Ensures that University office policies and procedures are in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.
6. Develops and monitors goals and objectives for managerial and professional staff in compliance with University strategies.
7. Directs a staff of exempt and non-exempt employees. 8. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience Bachelor's Degree in related field and seven years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.