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Financial Aid Specialist
Job Description
As a Financial Aid Specialist GS-0301-11, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision:
- Coordinate, administer, and direct SIPI's financial aid program (federal, state, and tribal) in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
- Provide first level supervision and provide oversight of the work of financial aid office employees.
- Manage financial aid program functions including the annual budget process for the financial aid program and submitting new programs for funding approval.
- Administer the system of application for and dissemination of financial aid awards and services for students who attend the college and monitor disbursements of financial aid.
- Advise students, parents, college personnel, and off-campus agencies on all aspects of financial aid.
- Serve as liaison for the Veteran's Administration, U.S. Department of Education, Title IV Programs (PELL, SEOG, and Work Study), and Federal, Tribal, State, and other local funding sources.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
- BACKGROUND SECURITY INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW HIRES
- APPOINTMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO A 2 YR TRIAL OR 1 YR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
- SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MALES BORN AFTER 12/31/1959
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
GS-11 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Providing assistance to students, alumni applicants, staff, faculty and Tribal Funding Agencies regarding student financial aid data; determining financial need and eligibility for various, federal, state, tribal and other financial aid programs; monitoring disbursements of financial aid; interpreting federal policies and/or regulations related to Federal Student Aid and development of policies and procedures for the Financial Aid Office.
OR
Applicant must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level education leading to such as degree or LL.M., if related.
OR
Combination of successfully completed graduate level education beyond the second year of progressive graduate study and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for the position.
Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.
Education
This position does not have a positive education requirement at this grade level. Therefore, no transcripts are required unless using education to meet the qualification requirements.
EDUCATION: Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.
Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
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