Client Services Specialist

The Student Financial Services Department seeks aAcademic Services Specialist who will be a team member in the Client Services unit which is responsible for providing information to students/parents about federal, state and institutional financial aid programs. This position also provides significant support for data and document processing for the Homewood Financial Aid Office. The position works collaboratively with other Client Services team members and reports to the Sr. Associate Director, Tech Ops and Scholarships.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage incoming emails (cases) for the Homewood financial aid office received through the Salesforce Student Case Management system adhering to the established university timeframe for responding to inquiries. Management includes a) responding to general and basic inquiries from students, parents, faculty and staff about the financial aid process. b) Assigning cases which require advisor review to the appropriate staff member.
• Configure, test, and send high volume, system generated e-mails to students and families on a regular basis throughout the award year.
• Manage OnBase Document Processing workflow. Index and post incoming confidential documents to individual student records in OnBase and PowerFAIDS.
• Generate weekly reports and resolve database issues such as SSN mismatches between SIS (the system of record) and PowerFAIDS, CSS Profile/ISIR/IDOC ID mismatches for successful data imports, Missing Custom Data report, etc to ensure accurate PowerFAIDS student records.
• Assist with entering data into Blackbaud Award Management system for endowed scholarship processing.
• Serve as the “backup” for tasks and duties performed by the Academic Services Specialist in the Title IV area. Tasks include, but are not limited to, resolving specific Federal comment code issues, resolving ISIR student data issues for, processing Americorps requests.
• Keep abreast of constantly changing Title IV regulations, along with state and institutional policies and procedures.
• Internal and external contacts required as part of the job: This position communicates internally with all the Homewood Student Affairs offices and specifically on a regular basis: Registrar, Student Accounts, Admissions, Student Employment, JHU divisional development offices. Externally, this position communicates with undergraduate students and parents.

Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):

Education:

• High School/ GED.
• Some college course work preferred.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Experience:

• Highly organized individual withthree years administrative/academic related experience required.
• Substantial experience with Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) required.
• At least one year of experience within a financial aid office including working knowledge of the FAFSA and CSS Profile desired.
• Prefer experience with OnBase, PowerFAIDS, Salesforce, DocuSign, BlackBaud, ELM.

Special Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities:

• Be highly organized with ability to work with minimal supervision on routine and daily tasks.
• Be flexible and comfortable with an ever-changing environment, and open to assigned special projects.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Participate as an active member of a larger Client Services team with the goal of providing exceptional customer service.
• Under a sometimes stressful and emotionally charged environment, stay positive and professional when interacting with students and parents. Calmly handle and resolve difficult situations, as well as exercise good judgment when referring students/parents to other staff members for successful resolution.
• Must have excellent verbal skills in order to communicate complex information and concepts to students and parents.

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Classified Title: Academic Services Specialist
Working Title: Client Services Specialist
Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/02/OE
Starting Salary Range: $17.42 - $23.95/hr (commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M - F / 8:30am - 5:00pm
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Homewood Campus
Department name: ​​​​​​​Student Financial Services
Personnel area: Homewood Student Affairs

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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