Associate Director of Financial Aid

Summary of Position

Widener University is currently seeking an Associate Director of Financial Aid at the Commonwealth Law School.  This role reports to the  Director of Financial Aid Services, who is located on the Chester Campus.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (including, but not limited to):

Essential duties:

• Works collaboratively with the Director of Financial Aid to ensure compliance with Federal regulations pertaining to the administration of financial aid, and university polices, in the development of policies and procedures.
• Counsels prospective and currently enrolled students and their families on financial aid and financing alternatives.
• Prepares financial aid offers for all students, resolves eligibility discrepancies, performs tax verification, and processes all student loans.
• Ensures that the administrative operations of the Financial Aid Office are completed while maintaining excellent service to our students, staff and faculty.
• Runs quality control reports at least biweekly and resolves issues in the Colleague system and in COD that may be preventing a student from receiving the financial aid for which they are eligible.  These issues tend to be more prevalent at the beginning of each enrollment term.
• Manages the withdraws including R2T4 calculations, adjustments to aid & exit counseling across all campuses.
• Provides support and information to university personnel on financial aid issues.  Researches complex issues to resolve non-routine student problems in compliance with Federal, State and institutional regulations.
• Responsible for Federal Work Study reconciliation at the Commonwealth Law School.
• Stays abreast of changes to federal regulations.
• Completes certifications for PHEAA State Programs, such as EAP and MFEP.
• Organizes endowed scholarship applications, coordinates endowed scholarship committee meeting, and posts scholarship awards.

Secondary responsibilities:

• Attends recruitment and other events to represent the Financial Aid Office and make presentations about financial aid.
• Maintains and updates an annual office calendar of communications to students.
• Performs annual review and data collection of Cost of Attendance elements.
• Gathers and prepares data for ABA reporting and other reports as assigned
• Collects required employment documentation, posts employment awards, and processes student employment agreements.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.