Specialist III, Financial Aid

Job Summary

This role is responsible for working with students and potential students to educate, enroll, and maintain financial aid programs. Collaborates with internal peers and departments to execute financial aid programs and generates reports and written communication for the department.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Performance Requirements

• Assures compliance with all local, State, and Federal regulations and laws regarding student financial aid
• Assists in providing direction, guidance, knowledge, and accurate information regarding financial aid, including but not limited to: TCC policies and regulations of state and federal agencies
• Manages specialized financial aid programs (reviews, processes, notifies, or reconciles)
• Creates reports, business correspondence, forms, and presentations
• Conducts staff training
• Regularly interacts with faculty, campus, and district administrators, technical staff, as well as other colleges
• Assists the department with its outreach and awareness efforts, including conducting financial aid presentations, for both on and off-campus locations
• Assist students with financial aid applications and processes
• Evaluates student eligibility for financial aid awards, including scholarships, grants, work-study, and loans
• Enters and retrieves student information in the student management system and Federal student aid databases in connection with the responsibilities of serving financial aid students
• Collaborates with essential departments to ensure student preparedness and success

Service Excellence

• Participates on behalf of the College in external community organizations and associations as assigned to support the essential performance requirements
• Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually, and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite
• Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored through Tarrant County College (TCC)
• Supports the mission, values, goals, and principles of the College

Supervision

Works under the supervision of the assigned campus leader