Financial Aid Advisor (Counseling & Financial Literacy)

Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

• Experience working in a post‐secondary academic setting or in another sector dealing with budgeting, counseling, and/or education, typically six months to one year.
• Facilitating student development, success, and outcomes: Demonstrates a working proficiency in the ability to work developmentally with students; ability to promote student learning development, and success by applying advising approaches to diverse individual student situations.
• Communicating for effective relationships: Demonstrates a working proficiency, knowledge and application of the communication techniques and relationship building skills that develop the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Effective presentation skills: Demonstrates a working proficiency in preparing and delivering effective presentations; typically demonstrated with six months to one year of public speaking.
• Accuracy and attention to detail: Demonstrates a working proficiency in understanding of the necessity and value of accuracy and attention to detail; ability to process information with high levels of accuracy.
• Data gathering and analysis: Demonstrates a working proficiency and knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques and processes; ability to use these to gather and analyze data for a specific or variety of needs and/or projects.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.

• M.A. degree in Student Development or related field is desirable.
• Financial aid programs and policies: Demonstrates a working proficiency and knowledge of and the ability to develop and implement financial aid programs and policies to attract outstanding students and help them finance their course of study.
• Knowledge of specific policies: Demonstrates a basic knowledge of University of Iowa policies, procedures, and regulations.