Financial Aid Advisor

Financial Aid Advisor

The Blinn College District is searching for a Financial Aid Advisor at our Bryan Campus.

Job Summary

Processing and assisting students and parents across the Blinn College District on applying for and receiving financial aid, scholarships, and veteran educational benefits. Processing all consortium agreements, and primary financial aid contact with Texas A&M for the TEAM and Brenham Engineering Academy. Awards and manages the Texas Equal Opportunity Grant. Process all areas of financial aid from answering the phones to awarding students, completing reports, and performing professional judgments. Position double checks all verification corrections and works with students with unique situations that could affect their financial aid.

Principal Accountabilities

• Process all consortium agreement requirements for Blinn College with other institutions and works as the main contact for students and partnering schools as the primary financial aid contact. This include but is not limited to schools within the Texas A&M System Alliance, Texas A&M, TEAM, Brenham Engineering Academy, and other schools.
• Award and manage the Texas Equal Opportunity Grant (TEOG).Ensuring all allocated funds are awarded and disbursed according to Texas Higher Education regulations.
• Providing customer services and advising students and parents on navigating the process to apply for and receive Financial Aid/Scholarship/Veteran Educational Benefits. This is accomplished in person, email, and phones.
• Reviews all requests for income adjustments and dependency overrides. Works with the student/parents to gather additional documentation to substantiate the request. Makes a decision based on the documentation whether an adjustment can be made and is justifiable and performs any necessary calculations to complete the decision. Reviews Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Appeals.
• Processing financial aid, scholarships, and veteran educational benefits. Ensuring that quality of work and accuracy to contribute to compliance with all federal, state, and institutional regulations and policies. This includes processing various exception reports that are part of the financial aid process.
• Provide community outreach presentations about financial aid to various groups. Provides direct service to students and parents with regard to all aspects of financial aid through various avenues of communications (phones, email, in person, chat, and text).
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications/ Required Degree, License or Certifications

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum Competencies

• Ability to communicate clearly and thoroughly with people of various back grounds and experiences in such a way that they feel comfortable and willing to work well together.
• Strong problem solving skills to analyze situations and experiences.
• Self-motivated and goal oriented, team player.
• Ability to handle numerous complex and routine tasks simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial Aid experience at an institution of higher education and have knowledge of U.S. Department of Education and regulations, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regulations for financial aid programs.
• Experience with Banner or Ellucian products.

Preferred Competencies

• Experience using Office products (Word, Excel). Using formulas and pivot tables.
• Be knowledgeable of Veteran Administration and state of Texas educational benefits for veterans and veteran dependents.

Special Notes To Applicants

This is a 12 month, benefits-eligible position. Blinn College pays 100% of health insurance for full-time employees, 50% for dependents, and two times your annual salary in life insurance benefits. Optional coverage can begin on your first active duty date. If you would like to review insurance benefits in advance, you can access the New Employee Benefits Guide online, http://www.ers.state.tx.us/New-Employee/Insurance/.

Yearly leave time includes:

96 hours vacation
40 hours discretionary
16 hours personal
8 hours sick each month.
Paid leave for college designated holiday's, spring break, Thanksgiving, and Christmas break (approx. 25 days per year)

Job Type: Full Time

Employment Type: Non-Exempt

Compensation: Annual Salary

Salary or Wage: $37,440

Grade: B23

Division: Student Services

Department: Financial Aid

Location: Bryan Campus

Target Hire Date: 2/9/2026