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Financial Wellness Support Specialist, Financial Aid, 32007

Employer
University of Missouri Kansas City
Location
Missouri, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Jun 27, 2022


Hiring Department

Office of Financial Aid

Job Description

The Student Support Specialist will work closely with the Financial Wellness Center Manager to support and grow the Financial Wellness Center at UMKC.

The Financial Wellness Center’s mission is to improve financial literacy within the UMKC community by providing comprehensive, unbiased, and practical financial education. This mission is supported by workshops, presentations, and one-on-one financial counseling.

The successful applicant will help develop the Financial Wellness Center and work proactively to support students as they make informed financial choices to reach their goals. Duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Providing one-on-one counseling to students on financial topics including budgeting, credit, and student loan debt.
  • Helping coordinate, promote, and host events and workshops for the Financial Wellness Center.
  • Being the initial point of contact for the Financial Wellness Center. This may include greeting visitors, providing phone coverage, and processing/routing mail and email.
  • Collaborating on content development and proof-reading presentations, website pages, and additional resources.
  • Ensuring that the office website, worksheets, and forms are up to date.
  • Working with the Financial Wellness Center Manager to develop reports to be submitted to supervisors of the department and academic leadership.
  • Proactively connecting with internal and external partners to administer Financial Wellness Center programming.
  • Assisting with the implementation of assessment mechanisms to collect feedback from Financial Wellness students to ensure program quality and make improvements.
  • In partnership with the rest of the Financial Wellness staff, helping represent the Financial Wellness Center to a wide variety of campus and community-based organizations, area high schools, and nonprofit entities.
  • Participating in professional development opportunities related to financial education and counseling.
  • Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary

Full Time/Part Time

Full-time, benefit eligible

Salary

$15.29 - 16.92/hr commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity

Application Deadline

Open until filled, review of applications to begin immediately.

Application Instructions

Applicants must combine all application materials (cover letter, resume, and list of five references with contact information) into one PDF or Microsoft Word document and upload as a resume attachment.

Limit document name to 50 characters. Maximum size limit is 11MB. Do not include special characters (e.g., /, &, %, etc.).

If you are experiencing technical problems, please call (800) 488-5288.

Note, you must provide a description of job duties for each Work Experience entry on your application. Please carefully review the application instructions section of our Careers page prior to submitting your materials.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law. This policy shall not be interpreted in such a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or the recruiting rights of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces or the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America. For more information, call the Vice Chancellor - Human Resources at 816-235-1621.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties and functions of this job. If you believe you may have difficulty performing any of the duties or functions of this job, please contact the Office of Affirmative Action at (816) 235-1323.

EEO IS THE LAW

To read more about Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) please use the following links:
UMKC Statement on Diversity

Diversity, equity and inclusion are central to the UMKC mission as an urban-serving institution. Kansas City is a particularly diverse city, including African, African American, Asian, German, Irish, Italian, Latino, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Native American and Slavic communities. Such ethnic diversity, in addition to our thriving neighborhoods of the Westside, Northeast Kansas City and the Eastside, fosters creativity, connection and innovation, which is showcased across the region. Major attractions such as the Annual Ethnic Enrichment Festival, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Filipino Cultural Center, the American Jazz Museum, Guadalupe Centers and Mattie Rhodes and Kansas City Irish Fest are a small sample of the many ways our diverse city enriches us.

For the reasons enumerated above, UMKC’s strategic plan prioritizes our commitment to multiculturalism, globalism, diversity and inclusion. The university’s values call upon its faculty, staff, students and community to position themselves as global citizens who seek out, embrace and celebrate the many benefits of diversity. UMKC received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award in 2019 in recognition of our continued commitment to equity and inclusion. Such commitment is demonstrated across teaching, service and research. We welcome applicants to share in our commitment to these core values and know that you will quickly understand the beauty of calling Kansas City your home.

Please visit these pages to learn more about UMKC’s engagement in diversity, equity and inclusion .

Roos Advocate for Community Change

The Division of Diversity and Inclusion

Annual Report

Multicultural Student Affairs

Benefit Eligibility

Why UMKC?

We offer full benefits that start day one, generous paid time off, paid winter break, and continuing education benefits. Visit our Total Rewards page to learn more.

Also, explore the Total Rewards website to learn more about the rewards package we offer to acknowledge our employees as the university's most important r esource.

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