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Associate Director of Financial Aid Advising

Requisition Number:

60610

Location:

Boulder, Colorado

City

Boulder

State

Colorado

Employment Type:

University Staff

Schedule:

Full-Time

Posting Close Date:

11-Dec-2024

Date Posted:

20-Nov-2024
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Job Summary

The Office of Financial Aid at CU Boulder welcomes applications for the Associate Director of Financial Aid Advising! The Office of Financial Aid is part of the Enrollment Management unit, where we support recruitment and student success efforts of the campus through the administration of financial aid programs. This full-time position reports to the Director of Financial aid and is responsible for the management of the Financial Aid Advising area. Responsibilities involve formulating policies, advancing project management, promoting employee growth, overseeing customer relationships, and managing additional tasks as required. The core responsibilities of the office are to process aid and serve students and the Associate Director plays an important role in ensuring that those areas are supported with adequate resources and training. This key leadership position supports the director on media and legal issues and is part of the leadership team for the Office of Financial Aid. This position maintains a thorough and current working knowledge of all Title IV federal, State of Colorado, and institutional rules, regulations and procedures to ensure accurate release of information and program compliance.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Office of Financial Aid is committed to helping students pay for college by building innovative programs to support access and graduation, empowering students to make healthy financial decisions, investing in the development of our staff, and engaging lawmakers and partners to improve aid policy! We coordinate over $425M in grants, scholarships, work-study and loans for over 20,000 students each year. Our staff consists of 38 full-time professional employees and 50-60 student employees.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Advising Leadership & Management
  • Set customer service expectations and ensure that service level goals are monitored and achieved. 
  • Collaborate with other functional areas within the Office of Financial Aid to ensure excellent customer service and minimal hand-offs from one area to another. 
  • Collaborate with communications area to ensure customer feedback is provided about messaging in emails, websites, and other forms of communication. 
  • Collaborate with other campus departments to ensure a positive student experience. 
  • Use evaluation tools and metrics to assess identify gaps in service or areas where service can be proactive. 
  • Identify needs, make recommendations, and implement new processes or procedures. Responsible for establishing strategic goals that align with the office and campus initiatives. 
  • Assign work or projects to team members. 
  • Support the administration of athletic aid and ensures compliance with Big 12 and NCAA rules and regulations. 
  • Support the administration of student employment and work study programs. 
  • Responsible for hiring, evaluating, training, and coaching direct reports. 
  • Set expectations for employee development. 
  • Responsible for elevated customer concerns. 
  • Ensure student employees are adequately trained and set expectations for work assignments, quality assurance, and career development activities. 
Office Leadership
  • Foster an inclusive, creative, success-oriented, and accountable environment that attracts and retains top-notch professional and student staff who are passionate about providing the highest quality of work, facilitates a safe space for feedback and constructive criticism in support of positive and ongoing dialog, and nurtures the collaborative relationships that enable the work to be produced. 
  • Provides leadership as part of the OFA management team. 
  • Responsible for identification, analysis and implementation of financial aid, enrollment management and office policy. 
  • Interpret regulations and ensure compliance with current rules, regulations, laws, etc, associated with the management of the federal, state and institutional aid programs. 
  • Analyze, design and implement new federal, state and institutional financial aid initiatives, mandatory and voluntary at the discretion of the Director. 
  • Lead office-wide projects by utilizing project management techniques. 
  • Assist the Director with legal and media inquiries as needed. 
  • Represent the Office of Financial Aid on campus initiatives.
Outreach/Partnership Cultivation
  • Identify key partners and provide outreach and training opportunities as well as provide a communication channel for important updates. 
  • Maintain a strong partnership with Law School, Continuing Education, Athletics and other campus partners to ensure outstanding service is provided. 
  • Serve as a liaison and primary student employment contact to the university community and employers external to the campus. Develop relationships and training with other areas of Financial Aid, Career Services, Human Resources, Employee Services and University Information Systems. 
  • Serves as a liaison to the university community in particular to Bursar, Admissions, Academic Advisors and the Registrar. Ensures collaborative relationships that meet student needs. 
  • Set expectations for providing outreach presentations to campus constituents, high schools and other community organizations. 
Professional Development
  • Participates in training seminars, conferences, committee meetings, etc. for professional development in the areas of Title IV financial aid. 
  • Attend staff meetings, retreats and other meetings as assigned. 
  • Collaborate with supervisor to determine areas for professional growth and identify and request appropriate training opportunities. 
  • Assist in the development and implementation of advising related trainings for all staff as needed.
This position reports to the Director of Financial Aid and directly supervises 3 FTE, with an overall unit of 12 FTE and 20-25 student employees.

What You Should Know

  • Hybrid work modality.
  • Final candidate must successfully pass a criminal and financial background check and cannot be in default on a student loan either upon hire or while employed in this position.

What We Can Offer

  • The salary range for this position is $100,600 - $109,000 per year.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

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What We Require

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.
  • Five plus years of financial aid experience in a higher education setting.
  • Supervisory experience required.

What You Will Need

  • Strong computer skills including software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other presentation software), email communication tools, and web-based applications. Working knowledge of Federal Title IV financial aid programs and regulations.
  • Working knowledge of a student information system.
  • A strong commitment to providing an extraordinary student experience.
  • Strong leadership, supervisory, budgetary, staffing and planning skills.
  • Ability to interpret and apply federal, state, institutional rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Ability to gain confidence and trust of others through honesty, authenticity, and acceptance of responsibility.
  • Ability to exemplify excellence through diversity by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment that maximizes the success and inclusion of all students, staff, and faculty.
  • Create new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
  • Build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
  • Communicate key and critical information in a timely fashion.

What We Would Like You to Have

  • A Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
  • Six years of job-related experience.
  • Experience with student employment and job placement services.
  • Thorough knowledge of State of Colorado financial aid regulations.
  • Experience with federal financial aid data systems including NSLDS, FAAAccess, and COD.
  • Experience with the administration of athletic aid and NCAA rules and regulations.
  • Experience using PeopleSoft student information system.
  • Leadership credential or certification.
  • NASFAA credentials.
  • Bilingual.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials: 

1. A current resume. 

2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position. 

We may request references at a later time.

Please apply by December 11, 2024, for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Posting Contact Information

Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources

Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu