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Administrative Office Specialist - Financial Aid

Posting Number: 70942
Position Type: Administrative/Staff
FTE: Full-time
Department: Financial Aid

Job Summary/Basic Function:

• Reports to Associate Director of Financial Aid;


• Serves as first point of contact for Financial Aid;


• Answers and directs phone calls, record maintenance, including scanning and indexing files, facilitates FAFSA completion on campus and at area FAFSA workshops;


• Processes and monitors financial aid applications, determines appropriate documents required for each student, notifies student of deficiencies in applications, scans and attaches other application documents received;


• Inputs and verifies data on each student in the Student Information System for processing at the US Department of Education, retrieves data from US Department of Education websites;


• Assists with a variety of financial aid-related responsibilities including both federal and state reports;


• Open to work a flexible schedule with alternating shifts;


• Supports Student Success initiatives for the department;

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required;


• Associate's degree preferred from a regionally accredited college;


• One year general office experience in performing office duties;


• Minimum speed of 50 words per minute on a five-minute keyboarding assessment or a minimum of 70% on a production assessment exercise;


• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills;


• Possesses excellent organizational skills;


• Possesses skills that enhance one's value to the institution;


• Exceptional employment or educational qualifications may be given special consideration;.

Location: Position is 100% on-site position.

Desirable Qualifications:
Associate's Degree

Physical Demands:
Ability to traverse campus, standing, sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing/pulling, reaching, handling, fine dexterity, bending, vision, hearing, and talking;

Posting Date: 08/15/2025
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
First Pool Date: 08/25/2025

Special Instructions to Applicants:


To apply, visit https://employment.brazosport.edu/postings/4623