Educational Funding Specialist (Financial Aid Representative) – Help Students Access Opportunity
Are you detail-oriented, service-driven, and motivated by helping others navigate important financial decisions?
Do you enjoy guiding people through complex processes and ensuring accuracy every step of the way?
This is your opportunity to use your financial, administrative, or customer service experience to help students secure the funding they need to pursue career-focused education — while building a stable and rewarding career for yourself.
We’re looking for professionals who combine compassion with compliance. If you can explain complex information clearly, manage documentation accurately, and support students with confidence — we’ll provide the training and tools to help you succeed.
What You’ll Be Doing
As an Educational Funding Specialist, you will guide students and families through the financial aid process while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner collaboratively with the recruitment team to support enrollment goals and provide expert financial aid guidance to prospective students.
- Deliver personalized consultations to prospective and continuing students (and their families), clearly explaining funding options and simplifying the financial aid process from start to finish.
- Accurately evaluate, package, and award financial aid; conduct verifications; and proactively resolve discrepancies to ensure compliance and a seamless student experience.
- Support a collaborative campus enrollment management model by providing strategic Educational Funding expertise that promotes student persistence and success.
- Provide exceptional, student-focused service, building trust and maintaining strong relationships throughout the student lifecycle.
Minimum Requirements
Required:
- 2+ years related work experience; prior financial aid or commercial loan experience preferred
- High School Diploma or GED
- Working knowledge of financial aid process and procedures
- Knowledge of current regulations and pertinent to the release of student information
- Ability to recognize and maintain the confidential of records concerning the personal finances of financial aid applicants
- Computer skills and the ability to use common software programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Must be highly organized and know how to prioritize workflow
Preferred:
- Associates Degree in Accounting, Business Administration or related field
- Prior financial aid experience
Why Work With Us?
In this position, you are more than a financial aid administrator — you are a key contributor to student access, retention, and achievement. Your guidance directly impacts students’ ability to pursue and complete their education.About our company:
Porter and Chester Institute, a trade school in Connecticut and Massachusetts for 75 years, adheres to one basic vision: to educate and train our students to the level that will make them competent employees. With 9 campus locations throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts, we offer training in such trades as Automotive Technology, HVAC-R, CAD, Electrician, Plumbing, as well as Medical Assisting, Dental Assisting, Practical Nursing and Computer & Technology.
Our support staff, including Admissions, Financial Aid and other administrative professionals, to our qualified Instructors are focused on making the students' experience a fulfilling and enriching one, both professionally and personally.
Click here for more company information: https://porterchester.edu/about-pci
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Mon, Thurs 8:30am-5:00pm; Tues, Wed 10am-7pm; Fri 8:30am-4pm; some Saturdays may be required.
Skills Required
- 2+ years of related work experience
- High school diploma or GED
- Working knowledge of financial aid processes and procedures
- Knowledge of current regulations and requirements related to student information release
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of financial aid applicant records
- Computer proficiency with common software programs, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong organization and workflow prioritization skills
- Associate degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
- Prior financial aid experience
- Prior commercial loan experience
What We Do
PCI has been providing career training in New England since 1946 We have 9 campuses located throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts PCI holds national accreditation through an agency recognized by the US Department of Education PCI was awarded the School of Excellence Award from the ACCSC in 2009
