Educational Funding & Scholarships
Position Overview
The workplace of Financial help and Scholarships reports into the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management including the next units that are functional workplace of Undergraduate Admissions, educational funding and Scholarships, scholar Suggestions Systems plus the workplace regarding the University Registrar.
The University of Kansas workplace of Financial help and Scholarships (FAS) acts students, families, therefore the community by giving federal, state, and institutional school funding information and resources to help pupils in attaining their academic objectives. FAS is focused on supplying quality economic help services to its constituents while keeping accountability when you look at the administration of general general public, institutional, and personal educational funding funds. Services are created to offer the academic objectives associated with the specific pupil and the objectives associated with the college because they relate solely to retention and graduation.
This position is crucial in administering education loan, work-study, and give programs. These obligations need strong interpersonal abilities, awareness of information and also the capacity to make use of a diverse pupil population, along with an aptitude for administering school funding programs to make certain conformity along with Federal Title IV regulations. The employees user in this place must effortlessly administer educational funding programs in help of our objective to make certain access and help development and gratification of y our pupils.
Job explanation 40% Coordination of most Loan Programs
- Must keep strong familiarity with federal loan laws to make sure conformity and defenses regarding the University’s fiduciary obligations to both pupils and our campus lovers.
- Oversees the processing that is daily of Loans and personal loans.
- Assures conformity by reviewing daily/weekly loan reports to examine and resolve pupil degree dilemmas surrounding yearly and aggregate loan limitations, NSLDS checklists, as well as other eligibility dilemmas.
- Executes reconciliation that is monthly of Loan programs together with Student Suggestions Systems and Financial solutions.
- Supervises the mortgage Coordinator whom manages the processing for personal and federal loans, including PLUS and Grad PLUS loans.
- Determines eligibility for loans, procedures loans, monitors alterations in eligibility, and adjusts aid appropriately.
- Develops and keeps procedure and policy papers linked to all loan programs.
- Assesses loan processing activities and makes strategies for increased efficiency.
40% Work Learn and Give Management:
- Administers the Federal Work-Study (FWS) system and Kansas profession Work-Study (KSCWS) programs; determines eligibility and prizes correctly.
- Monitors the FWS investment stability and pupil profits, including using the DEMIS portal as well as the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) to trace expenses.
- Corresponds utilizing the Shared provider Center regarding FWS earnings limitations, possible increases in prizes, and fund that is retroactive.
- Functions as the FWS liaison and offers training to campus partners.
- In charge of keeping up-to-date with federal laws pertaining to FWS and developing/updating annual policies and phone number for cash-central.net procedures.
- Functions as the liaison to your University job Center into the management associated with the Kansas job Work-Study Program.
- Determines eligibility and honors the KU Overseas Student Tuition Grant (KUISTG). Communicates with Student Account & Receivables Glacier that is regarding paperwork and places/releases holds on reports.
- Determines eligibility and administers the Federal EDUCATE grant, including reporting and maintenance of pupil documents within the Common Origination and Disbursement system.
20% Financial Education and Provider Delivery
- Counsels potential and current pupils and families regarding school-related educational funding issues, and reacts fully to escalated inquiries, like the application and awarding process, cost management and also the securing of resources to satisfy costs.
- Reacts to complex concerns (including escalated phone phone calls and visits) from prospective pupils, present pupils, moms and dads, campus peers yet others regarding educational funding programs and extra money has to go to, progress and graduate.
- Assists with outreach tasks ( ag e.g. FAFSA conclusion, senior school activities) to aid recruitment activities along with KU Admissions office, and also other educational funding occasions on campus for present pupils.
Needed Skills
- Bachelor’s degree with couple of years experience that is relevant Master’s degree at period of visit.
Chosen Qualifications
- Experience involved in educational funding, scholarships, admissions, advising or associated section of degree.
- Experience producing efficiencies through technology, including knowledge about information query and analytics.
- Exemplary interaction abilities as evidenced by the applying materials and meeting process.
- Experience with interpreting regulations that are federal developing/implementing programs to comply with those laws.
- Demonstrated strong solution distribution abilities, including working together with a population that is diverse.
- Demonstrated skill and experience in problem-solving for a number of circumstances.