Student Services Specialist Sr (Fin Aid - 2 positions)

Student Services Specialist Sr (Fin Aid - 2 positions)

Job ID : 320220

Location : Glendale Community College

Full / Part Time : Full Time

Regular / Temporary : Regular

Salary Range

$19.86 - $25.82 / hourly, DOE

Grade

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm

Summer Hours : Monday - Thursday, 7am-6pm

Work Calendar

12 Months

Maricopa Summary

Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year?

Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States?

Whether you're teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges!

About Us

What's Currently Happening at Maricopa

• Many of our campuses have received grant awards through the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM Education : Hispanic-Serving institutions program (HSI Program).
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and employee groups to create an environment of shared governance
• One of the largest community college systems in the country
• 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program recipient
• Named 19th Best Employer for Women by Forbes
• 2019 No. 42 in Arizona's Best Employers

Benefits

The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is committed to providing you with a competitive, comprehensive benefits program that provides the care you and your family need to lead healthy and productive lives.

Our benefits are designed to provide support for every life stage and lifestyle in our community.

Benefits & Perks Options :

• 20 paid observed holidays
• Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS ) & 12% Employee Contribution Match (Pension, Long Term Disability, and Health Insurance)
• Paid vacation, sick, and personal time
• Maricopa Employee Store : Perks & Gears (exclusive discounts and offers for Maricopa Community Colleges faculty and staff)
• Annual professional development growth funding
• Tuition reimbursement for employees and dependents
• Flexible work schedules
• Maricopa Employee Health & Wellness Program :
• Sight-On-Site Eye Care Services
• Diabetes Empowerment Education Program
• Mobile On-site Mammography Screenings
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wondr online program that teaches clinically-proven, healthy habits that lead to less stress, better sleep, weight loss, and more
• Pre-Retirement Events
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (may forgive the remaining balance on a federal student loan made directly by the U.S.

Department of Education after qualifying).

10+ Maricopa Affinity Resource Employee Groups (Celebrates diversity, embraces inclusion, and supports employees, students, and community!)

Job Summary

This position is responsible for performing complex financial aid processing, ensuring accurate record-keeping, and reconciliation of federal programs.

This position also coordinates office workflow and provides training to other staff members, while acting as a liaison between internal and external stakeholders.

Additionally, this position encompasses resolving escalated financial aid issues and concerns, researching and troubleshooting regulatory and technology-related issues.

Essential Functions

45% - Coordinate financial aid programs and activities, ensuring that policies and procedures are consistently implemented and office workflows are efficient.

Research and analyze guidelines and regulations, and provide technically complex student advising and processing services to a diverse population of staff, students, and the public.

25% - Oversee and reconcile Federal programs, including Federal Work-Study, Federal Pell Grants, Federal Student Loans, using respective databases, and exercising professional judgment when necessary.

10% - Coordinates office workflow and ensures compliance with department policies and procedures.

10% - Communicates effectively with students, internal customers, and external agencies, while creating and maintaining a variety of program materials, reports, presentations, and documentation.

10% - Provides training and orientation to other staff members, as assigned, and performs additional duties commensurate with the level of the position.

Minimum Qualifications

Associate's Degree from a regionally accredited institution and two years of student services or college teaching experience or experience assisting with educational program development and coordination, student advisement, financial aid, or related student development programs.

Must be able to access federal financial aid databases.

An equivalent combination of the conferred degree and directly related full-time work experience as described above sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation, may be considered.

Desired Qualifications

• Two (2) or more years' recent experience (within the last 36 months) working in a financial aid office.
• Two (2) or more years' experience interpreting financial aid policies, practices, procedures, regulations and / or guidelines.
• Two (2) or more years' recent experience (within the last 36 months) in the use of packaging, awarding and / or disbursing student financial aid in compliance with federal laws.
• Two (2) or more years' experience utilizing internal / external databases necessary for awarding student financial aid, such as PeopleSoft (SIS), National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) and Central Processing System (CPS).
• Two (2) or more years' experience with direct customer service student contact.

Special Working Conditions

Possession of a valid State of Arizona Class D driver's license is required; must meet minimum standards regarding driving : http : / / www.

maricopa.edu / legal / rmi / vehicle.htm#requirements

• Travel to campus during interview / selection process will be at candidate's own expense
• Will be required to travel or be assigned to all MCCCD locations
• May require numerous evenings or weekends
• May require prolonged periods of viewing a computer screen
• May be required to lift or carry up to #25 lbs
• Applicants must be in good standing with all U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid programs and eligible to access federal websites required to perform job duties .

How to Apply

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and resume showing how the applicant meets the minimum and desired qualifications.

All minimum requirements must be met at the time of the application.

Additional materials will not be accepted after the job posting has closed.

Missing materials or incomplete employment history will not be considered.

Please ensure your materials clearly provide the following information.

• Clearly illustrate how prior experience, knowledge and education meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position.
• Indicate whether former or current employment is Full-Time or;
• Part-Time employment, to include Adjunct or Associate Professor (must include number of hours worked, contact hours or load)
• Provide employment history in a month / year format (e.g., 09 / 07 to 10 / 11) including job title, job duties, for each position held and name of employer for each position.
• Three professional references, preferably current and / or former supervisors. If references are not provided in the resume upon application, they will be requested at time of interview.

Posting Close Date

Open until filled

First Review Tuesday, 07 / 09 / 2024

NEXT REVIEW Tuesday, 08 / 13 / 2024

Applications received after the review date may not be screened

EEO, Title IX, & Clery Act

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, states : "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

The policy of the MCCCD is to provide an educational, employment, and business environment free of gender discrimination.

Incidents of misconduct should be reported to the college Title IX Coordinator, as outlined in policy, contact information is available at this link Title IX Coordinators.

The Clery Act is a Federal law requiring United States Colleges and Universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.

Crime reporting data for each of the Maricopa Community Colleges, as required under the Clery Act, is available at this link Clery Act.

To apply, visit https : / / jobs.maricopa.edu / psp / MCPAHPRD / EMPLOYEE / HRMS / c / HRS HRAM FL.HRS CG SEARCH FL.GBL?

Page HRS APP JBPST FL&Action U&FOCUS Applicant&SiteId 1000&JobOpeningId 320220&PostingSeq 1

jeid-4cc4ddbb42a90b4d944082ae7ac6f01e