Financial Aid Specialist

Wyoming Life Resource Center; Powell (WY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyoming Life Resource Center is seeking a Financial Aid Administrator to oversee scholarships and financial aid activities, including budgeting, award dissemination, eligibility determination, and progress monitoring.

You will prepare award letters, maintain current program guidelines, draft procedures, and coordinate reporting. The role requires strong knowledge of financial aid processes, data management, and compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience with scholarship or financial aid programs.
• Ability to manage databases and reporting.
• Understanding of budgeting fundamentals.
• Familiarity with basic website maintenance.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and guidelines.
• Strong customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Administers scholarship and/or financial aid activities, including tracking budgets and awarding.
• Provides guidance to students regarding aid programs.
• Prepares and disseminates reports and data to stakeholders.
• Audits compliance with guidelines and resolves issues.
• Maintains current website information.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature.

Skills

Scholarship/financial aid processes

Database management

Budgeting basics

Website maintenance

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Customer service

Job description

• Administers scholarship and/or financial aid activities, which includes: tracking budgets to ensure compliance with specified awards; coordinating the dissemination of awards; determining program eligibility based on established criteria; monitoring academic progress to ensure compliance with specified requirements; preparing and issuing award letters; keeping abreast of applicable program criteria and requirements; drafting and recommending procedures for accepting, processing, and disseminating awards; and, performing other related activities.
• Provides assistance, information, and guidance to students regarding financial aid and/or scholarship programs and information.
• Prepares and/or administers a variety of required reports and/or databases and disseminates information to appropriate internal and external constituencies.
• Audits and monitors compliance with specified guidelines and requirements for financial aid and/or scholarship programs; researches and resolves problematic issues.
• Maintains applicable web site information, ensuring information is current, accurate, and up-to-date.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Knowledge Of

• Scholarship and/or financial aid processes, applications, and procedures;
• Database management principles;
• Basic budgeting principles;
• Basic website maintenance principles;
• Applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines;
• Customer service principles.