Financial Aid Advisor I
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Job no: 495824
Work type: Full-time
Location: Lexington, KY
Categories: Staff
Title: Financial Aid Advisor I
Salary Range: $2,640 - $3,449 per month
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5 per week
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Newtown Pike Campus
Department: Academics, & Student Services
Total Rewards
Bluegrass Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
- Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
This position will provide front line services for the Financial Aid Office. The person in this position should be knowledgeable in student services in order to provide quality information and customer service to prospective and current students, members of their family, and alumni. This position will also provide additional service to Financial Aid Specialists and must be knowledge of federal and state aid programs and policies.
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Job Duties:
- Provide customer service and information to prospective, current, and former students.
- Resolve student issues related to financial aid.
- Assist students with online services.
- Response to student inquiries via text (Signal Vine), phone, and email.
- Review and upload financial aid documents.
- Provide specialized counseling to students and parents in person, completing necessary procedures to complete the financial aid process.
- Review, enter, and scan financial aid documents to include but not limited to federal tax transcripts, untaxed income, W-2s, and tax schedules, recalculation documents, professional judgment appeals, SAP forms, and citizenship documents.
- Provide staff support to the Financial Aid Specialists to include, but not limited to typing, mailing, tracking letters, data entry, assist with maintaining various databases.
- Serve as regional campus student contact.
- Update and stock financial aid forms.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree (related field) or equivalent years of experience
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Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree (related field) and two years of experience
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Additional Skills Requested:
- Attention to detail.
- Good organizational skills.
- Good communication skills
- Ability to multi-task.
- Commitment to the mission of the college.
- Ability to collaborate with others.
- Ability to work with the public.
- Dependable.
- Follow instructions.
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Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
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