*** This position is on-site in Memphis, TN ***
Job Summary
Manages the functions related to obtaining and awarding financial aid to all eligible students and for maintaining compliance with any regulatory body, public or private. Serves as a liaison among students and their families and the University in regard to the financial aid process. Under the general supervision of the Financial Aid Director responsible for one shift 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Incumbents are subject to hours beyond the normal workday.
Principal Accountabilities/Responsibilities:
1 Coordinates financial aid programs to ensure compliance and accountability to appropriate agencies and regulatory bodies.
2 Counsels students/family on various aspects of financial aid programs and facilitates the application process.
3 Maintains familiarity with laws and regulations related to financial aid and student loans, and disseminates information to appropriate people to ensure that the university is in compliance.
4 Completes, submits, and maintains records and related documents for student loans and financial aid.
5 Participates in financial aid seminars and in marketing the availability of financial aid to various groups and individuals to promote enrollment in the university.
6 Performs related accountabilities/responsibilities as required or directed.
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge/Education
Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in student personnel, counseling, business, or related field or equivalent experience
Three (3) years experience in the field of student financial aid in a University setting.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in student personnel, counseling, business, or related field or equivalent experience
- Three (3) years experience in the field of student financial aid in a University setting
What We Do
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
