Assistant Director of Financial Aid

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Phoenix, AZ, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Edtech
The Role
Supervise financial aid operations and assist the Director in awarding state and federal aid, managing campus-based funding, training staff, counseling students, running reports, enforcing policies, and administering private loans and payment plans. Requires on-site presence and collaboration with students, faculty, and staff.
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Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Job Description

Under the general direction of the Director of Financial Aid (if applicable), is responsible for supervising programs in the Financial Aid Department and assists the Director of Financial Aid in developing, planning and administering the overall financial aid operations.

  • Assist in overseeing the awarding of state and federal aid to eligible students according to regulations and policy
  • Excellent customer service and organizational skills
  • Attention to detail with the capability to multi-task
  • Computer knowledge is requested, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook
  • Enforce department policies, procedures, goals and objectives
  • Assumes departmental responsibility in absence of the Director
  • Assist with file review
  • Help manage campus-based funding including Federal Work Study and FSEOG
  • Assists with training and development of the team
  • Assists with staff selection and evaluation
  • Counsels students and parents as needed
  • Performs special assignments as needed
  • Performs related duties as required
  • Run reports to ensure department integrity
  • Interact with other departments to assist students
  • Assist with private loans and institutional payment plan
  • Manage Financial Aid team to department metrics
  • Regular, in-person attendance up to 5 days per week on campus/on site is an essential function of this position
  • This role requires on-site collaboration with students, faculty, and staff.
  • Other duties as assigned

* Please note this position is Full Time at our Phoenix Brookline Campus

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
  • 4+ years of Financial Aid experience.
  • CampusVue® experience preferred.
  • Excellent customer service and organizational skills.
  • Attention to detail with the capability to multi-task.
  • Computer knowledge is requested, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

Additional Information

We Offer:

  • Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
  • 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
  • 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
  • 401K with a Company Matching
  • Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
  • Leadership development and training for career advancement
  • Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 4+ years of Financial Aid experience
  • CampusVue experience
  • Excellent customer service and organizational skills
  • Attention to detail with capability to multi-task
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook
  • Ability to supervise and manage Financial Aid team, including training and staff evaluation
  • Regular, in-person attendance up to 5 days per week at Phoenix Brookline Campus
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The Company
HQ: Newport Beach, CA
326 Employees
Year Founded: 1992

What We Do

Founded in 1992, Unitek Learning is the parent company for five distinguished learning institutions in the areas of healthcare, nursing, and emergency medical services. Unitek College is one of the foremost healthcare and nursing colleges in California and Nevada. Unitek EMT provides comprehensive EMT and EMS training to hundreds of professionals every year. Eagle Gate College and Provo College in Utah and Idaho have a singular focus — to provide students with the knowledge, training, and skills they need to create a rewarding career in the ever-expanding world of healthcare. Our latest addition, Brookline College, offers diploma, Bachelor, and Master level education in Arizona and New Mexico. Through our subsidiary schools, Unitek Learning has helped students, working professionals and organizations achieve their goals for more than 25 years. From first contact to after completion, we help each individual overcome obstacles with support from our industry-experienced instructors and student-focused staff. Unitek offers a real-world education in a wide range of in-demand healthcare career fields. Our training is relevant and dynamic, and continually updated to answer the changing demands of the students and organizations we serve. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek Learning is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career! We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

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