Director of Financial Aid

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Ensure the Financial Aid Office of USSA is in compliance with the Department of Education (DOE) Title IV regulations. Award VA benefits correctly.

2. To provide student counseling relative to all financial aid programs.

3. To create and prepare Student Consumer Information required by Federal Regulations.

4. To provide adequate personal financial counseling for students as directed by Federal Regulations.

5. To ensure counseling guidelines are followed by the Financial Aid Office (FAO); privacy, confidentiality, referral.

6. To counsel students on matters which call for professional judgment as understood by the Department of Education (DOE).

7. To verify the accuracy of student data consistent with regulations.

8. To monitor student eligibility to receive or continue to receive financial aid.

9. To administer the Pell Grant Program (Regular Disbursement System), the Stafford/SLS/PLUS Loan Program, and to provide campus-based program management of the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), College Work-Study (CWS), Institutional Work Study, Institutional Academic an Athletic Awards, the National Director Student Loan Program (NDSL), and the completion of the Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP).

10. To administer the awarding of all campus-based financial aid programs.

11. To develop and prepare award letters for eligible students.

12. To submit state grant documents for state funded awards.

13. To develop a policy for the distribution of awards.

14. To keep records and prepare the necessary financial reports for monitoring expenditures.

15. To Coordinate awarding with recruiting and retention