Financial Aid/Veterans Affairs Specialist Position Available In Limestone, Alabama

Financial Aid/Veterans Affairs Specialist

Salary
See Position Description
Location Tanner, AL
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
06054
College/Division
CCC-503010-Financial Aid Administration
Opening Date
04/17/2025
Closing Date
5/1/2025 4:00 PM Central
Campus Location
Calhoun Community College

DESCRIPTION

BENEFITS
Position Summary
Process and maintain student financial aid files and assist students with thepletion of all aspects of financial aid.

Salary:

Appropriate placement on ACCS Salary Schedule E3, Grade 4: $39,759•$57,251

Work Hours:

Monday through Thursday, 7:45 a.m.•5:15 p.m.; Friday 7:45 a.m.•11:45 a.m.
Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications and must submit aplete application packet to be considered. Aplete application consists of the following:
Online application
Current résumé
Copy of college transcripts (Transcript of college work verifying degree requirement; must include degree awarded and date confirmed. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted before the deadline, but official transcripts must be received if employed.)
Application materials must provide documentation that the applicant meets all minimum qualifications.
Applicants must provide information from previous employers documenting full-time related work experience if an offer is made.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Perform all duties with professionalism.
Assist with processing financial aid and other forms including, loans, work-study, appeals, professional judgment, and terms and conditions.
Process and calculate financial aid returns to Title IV (R2T4).
Review financial aid files to ensure correct processing.
Answer a variety of student questions about financial aid processes in person, over the phone and via email.
Assist students by fostering financial literacy and debt management. Revise accounts as a result of over awards.
Discern when confidentiality in work needs to be maintained and maintain that confidentiality.
Certify private loans.
Handle scholarship applications/processing.
Maintain/update college financial aid .
Process financial aid, work study and satisfactory academic progress appeals.
Alert supervisor of any issues that need upper management attention.
Provide exit loan counseling.
Typemunication materials and fold/stuff them to be sent out.
Scan documents.
Process financial aid files selected for verification include confirming satisfactory progress, reviewing academic transcripts, reviewing information onputer versus paper information turned in.
Assist students in filing FAFSA applications accurately and verify their eligibility for financial aid.
Ensurepliance with voluminous and detailed federal, state and local regulations.
Maintain membership and participation in AASFAA and NASFAA, which provide advocacy and professional development opportunities.
Serve as a resource for working adults interested in attending orpleting college.
Perform related duties as assigned.
Oversee Veterans Affairs at Decatur Campus. Cultivate relationships with the veteran student population and other offices that serve them such as Admissions and Records, Advising, Financial aid and ADA. Maintain accuracy of student VA files to reflect the following information: record of the number of hours in which a student is enrolled; record of courses in which a student is enrolled; record of course withdrawals ofplete withdrawals; record of degree requirements and objectives and any changes in those degree requirements and objectives, and record of dependency status.
Assist veteran students with resolving issues impacting their eligibility or payment of veteran education benefits. Provide reporting and the end of each semester to the VA for students who received F grades and for those who graduated.
Ensure students are knowledgeable of information regarding monthly allowance, course and degree requirements, and general college and VA policies and procedures.
Ensure that the office operates within the required guidelines and regulations provided by the State Approving