Financial Aid Coordinator

SUMMARY:

Coordinate OCOM’s Office of Financial Aid programs and activities and ensure that assigned financial aid functions fulfill institutional goals and objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides administrative support to the day-to-day operations of the OCOM Office of Financial Aid and the Office of Student Services.
• Support the OCOM-approved financial aid policies and ensure that they are adhered to throughout the financial aid process
• Creates, sends, and responds to correspondence relating to financial aid.
• Maintains the Office of Financial Aid calendars, screens calls, greets visitors, and answers questions for visitors and enrolled students regarding office policies, procedures, and services.
• Creates and designs PowerPoint presentations, infographics, flyers, and other reports.
• Counsels students on financial aid processing, awarding, scholarships...

Under the supervision of the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) Director of Financial Aid, the Financial Aid Coordinator will support the Office of Financial Aid in delivering financial aid information to current and prospective students from application through the student lifecycle and beyond graduation. This position will be responsible for all aspects of student financial aid administration including reviewing Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) and financial aid applications records to determine eligibility for aid, packaging student aid, distributing financial aid notifications and awards, processing loans and other aid, all while ensuring compliance with institutional, state, and federal requirements and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist and advise students applying for federal, state, institutional, and outside sources of financial aid; research available options and sources; discuss various eligibility criteria and explain...