About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

Bellarmine University and the Office of Financial Aid invites all qualified applicants to apply for the position of Financial Aid Counselor.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Financial Aid, the Financial Aid Counselor will:

• Provide quality customer service to prospective, and continuing students regarding financial aid eligibility
• Analyze federal financial aid applications to determine a student's financial need
• Prepare and award financial aid packages, as well as perform all duties related to the financial aid process
• Interact in a professional manner with students and parents in challenging situations to help them resolve financial issues relating to financial aid eligibility and monetary awards
• Utilize and update databases and process applications for financial aid received from students
• Collect and analyze financial data regarding students to determine aid eligibility and make awards within federal, donor and/or institutional guidelines
• Evaluate unusual/mitigating circumstance documentation or information provided by the student
• Exercise judgment by making adjustment or revisions to costs, contribution, or dependency status as exceptions to the prescribed process
• Assist in the preparation of and present information regarding federal financial aid, scholarships, employment and grants for various campus groups to high school students and parents at meetings, group discussions, workshops and recruitment sessions
• Plans, organizes, and executes the loan programs. The loan programs include Federal Direct Loans, Parent Loan for Students (PLUS), Graduate PLUS loans, and alternative loans.
• Analyze various system generated reports such as grades and enrollment status or award status to verify continued compliance and eligibility of students receiving aid under federal and institutional guidelines
• Notify students of changes in eligibility of awards and alternatives to amend the situation
• Answer questions, inquiries or requests from students, parents, or guardians in person or in writing regarding financial aid programs and eligibility

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• One year of financial aid experience in a school, college or university setting
• Knowledgeable in financial aid eligibility, application procedures, aid programs, costs, indebtedness, responsible money management and financial planning

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

For full consideration all applicants must submit a cover letter or letter of interest, resume and three professional references.

URL: www.bellarmine.edu/financialaid/staff/