This position is part of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Bureau of Indian Education. As a Financial Aid Specialist you will be responsible for providing on-site support and direct services to students regarding academic financial aid.

Duties

As a Financial Aid Specialist GS-0301-9, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision: Provide procedural support and direct advisement services to students regarding various financial aid programs. Collect and process documentation required for verification of a student's financial aid application in accordance with federal regulations. Verifies accuracy of documents and consistency of data from need to analysis processor, federal tax returns, financial aid transcripts, verification documents, and student information: performs data analysis to identify discrepancies in data: determines actions for resolution. Conducts financial aid informational presentations to special groups, such as high schools, new students and current students. Maintains data regarding the use of the Financial Aid Office and prepares required reports. Documents and assists with arranging for disbursement of funds from varied Federal, State, local and tribal agencies.

Requirements

• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
• BACKGROUND SECURITY INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW HIRES
• APPOINTMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO A 2 YR TRIAL OR 1 YR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
• SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MALES BORN AFTER 12/31/1959

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the OPM Standards. For this position, they are listed below. Minimum Qualifications: GS-0301-09: I have 1 year of specialized experience that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. This includes but is not limited to determining financial need and eligibility for various, federal, state, district and other financial aid programs; researching and verifying data in manual and computerized records systems, advising and assisting students regarding financial aid and scholarships, interpreting federal policies and/or regulations related to Federal Student Aid, and assisting in the improvement of policies and procedures. OR Masters or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.B or J.D., if related to this position. (You must submit a copy of your transcripts to support this response.) OR a combination of specialized experience as described in A and more than one year of graduate education as described in B when combined together meets 100% of the total requirements for the position. To compute, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond one year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify. (You must submit a copy of your transcripts to support this response.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement at this grade level. Therefore, no transcripts are required unless using education to meet the qualification requirements.

EDUCATION: Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.

Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For further information on creditable education visit:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute 9169 Coors Blvd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 US
• Name: Antoinette Jim
• Phone: 505-346-2339
• Email: [email protected]