Financial Aid Specialist

Viterbo University; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI, seeks a Financial Aid Specialist to lead literacy and access efforts by developing resources, materials, and workshops.

The role builds webpages for scholarship opportunities, creates educational content, and coordinates peer mentoring to assist students with financing their education.

This is a full-time, 12-month, benefit-eligible grant-funded position with an anticipated five-year duration, contingent on continued funding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Financial aid experience is preferred.
• Strong organizational, communication, technological, and creative skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop a program and space for students to come with questions about student loans, budgeting, scholarships, and options to pay their student bill.
• Develop and maintain a webpage dedicated to outside scholarship opportunities and promote those options to our students.
• Create educational materials, facilitate workshops and scholarship seminars.
• Support the effective utilization of campus-based employment opportunities.
• Provide professional development and training to financial aid staff to strengthen student-centered service practices.
• Hire and supervise 4 peer mentors to assist with these responsibilities (10 hours a week for each peer mentor).
• Other financial aid or related duties assigned by the Director of Financial Aid.

Skills

Financial aid experience

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Technological skills

Creativity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Viterbo University is seeking a Financial Aid Specialist to lead efforts to improve students' financial literacy and access to financial resources by developing financial aid and scholarship resource webpages, creating educational materials, and facilitating workshops and scholarship seminars. This is a full-time, 12-month, benefit eligible position. This is a grant-funded, limited-term position with an anticipated duration of five (5) years, contingent upon continued grant funding. Employment beyond the grant period is not guaranteed.

Responsibilities

• Develop a program and space for students to come with questions about student loans, budgeting, scholarships, and options to pay their student bill
• Develop and maintain a webpage dedicated to outside scholarship opportunities and promote those options to our students
• Create educational materials, facilitate workshops and scholarship seminars
• Support the effective utilization of campus-based employment opportunities
• Provide professional development and training to financial aid staff to strengthen student-centered service practices.
• Hire and supervise 4 peer mentors to assist with these responsibilities (10 hours a week for each peer mentor)
• Other financial aid or related duties assigned by the Director of Financial Aid

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Financial aid experience preferred
• Strong organizational, communication, technological, and creative skills

Alignment

Viterbo University seeks employees who will embrace the University mission and incorporate our values into their day-to-day work.

Mission

The Viterbo University community prepares students for faithful service and ethical leadership.

Values

• Contemplation, reflecting upon the presence of God in our lives and work
• Hospitality, welcoming everyone we encounter as an honored guest
• Integrity, striving for honesty in everything we say and do
• Service, working for the common good in the spirit of humility and joy
• Stewardship, practicing responsible use of all resources in our trust

About the University

Viterbo University is a private, not-for-profit, Catholic, Franciscan institutions founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1871. Viterbo offers a student-centered liberal arts education with a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the university is nestled along the scenic Mississippi River and surrounded by the stunning bluffs. The local area combines natural beauty with a vibrant, welcoming community, offering opportunities for outdoor recreation, arts and culture. Together, Viterbo and La Crosse provide an exceptional place to live, work, and make a difference.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship at this time.

The university does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex or engage in sex discrimination in any education program or activity that the university operates. Title IX's mandate not to discriminate on the basis of sex extends to students, employees, applicants for employment, and other persons in all aspects of the university's programs, activities, and operations. Inquiries regarding how Title IX applies to the university may be referred to the university Title IX coordinator, to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, or to both.

Contact information for the Title IX coordinator is available at Title IX: Sex and Gender Discrimination or Harassment | Viterbo University