Miami Dade College is now accepting applications for Financial Aid Advisors. The Financial Aid Advisor reviews and evaluates students’ financial aid requests and makes award adjustments and recalculations. The Advisor may be responsible for overseeing the campus coordination, review, and delivery of a Financial Aid specific program, based on the needs of the department.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Analyzes/interprets federal, state, and institutional policies and eligibility
- Reviews/evaluates student data and supporting documentation to confirm accuracy of data and determines eligibility for a wide variety of federal, state and district grant, scholarships, and other financial assistance programs
- Resolves conflicts between application for aid and supporting documentation
- Interprets federal and state income tax returns as they apply to student eligibility
- Adjusts student and parent data at the DOE-Central Processor services
- Informs and advises students/parents regarding availability of various funding sources, application process and procedures, rights and responsibilities related to student financial assistance
- Delivers financial aid workshops, training sessions and other activities on or off campus to students/parents
- Applies and monitors the student financial assistance academic progress policy to determine continued student eligibility
- Coordinates the review and delivery of specific Financial Aid programs for the campus
- Trains/provides work direction to student workers and other personnel as assigned
- Assists the Campus Director in the development and improvement of various program policies.
- Assists in variety of special projects and programs
- Serves on college committees, such as, Standards of Academic Progress Committee, Campus, or College wide Scholarship Committee
- Conducts Stafford loan exit interviews and workshops to reduce Miami Dade College Stafford loan default rate
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of experience. All degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution.
To learn more about this and other positions at Miami Dade College visit us at www.mdc.edu/jobs.
Company Description:Miami Dade College is the largest, most diverse and highly regarded college in the nation. We operate eight campuses with over 6,000 employees who educate over 140,000 students from around the world. The College offers over 300 programs of study and several degree options, including vocational, associate, and baccalaureate degrees. With such a large organization, our employment needs are very diverse. From full-time professional faculty to part-time adjunct faculty and support staff, the people who comprise the MDC workforce are the innovators who help the College maintain our reputation as one of the most highly regarded colleges in the country.