University of Idaho
Associate Director of Financial Aid
🇺🇸 Moscow, ID
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $68K
💻 Financial Aid
🗓️ July 28th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Supervise financial aid staff and collaborate with the Director of Financial Aid to plan, implement, and evaluate office activities.
- Coordinate daily operations and oversee awarding and disbursement of federal, state, and institutional financial aid funds.
- Create and maintain written policies and procedures for financial aid awards and disbursements.
- Support financial aid reporting and manage frontline customer service scheduling.
- Requires five years of professional experience in student financial assistance and previous supervisory experience.
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree and NASFAA credentials or FAA certification preferred.
- Experience supervising full-time staff and working in large higher education financial aid offices preferred.
- Compensation starts at $68,450 or higher, depending on education and experience.
- Position is full-time, exempt, on a fiscal year appointment.
- The role is within the Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management division, specifically the Student Financial Aid department.
Associate Director of Financial Aid Full Description
Posting Number | SP004952P
Position Title | Associate Director of Financial Aid
Division/College | Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management
Department | Student Financial Aid
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement |
Position Overview | This position is responsible for the supervision of financial aid staff and works with the Director of Financial Aid to plan, implement and evaluate activities in the Student Financial Aid office to ensure program integrity and delivery of services. Additionally, this position is responsible for daily coordination and supervision of daily processes as well as overseeing the awarding and disbursement of federal, state and institutional student financial assistance funding. It is also responsible for creating and maintaining written policies and procedures used by financial aid counselors to award and disburse financial aid funds to students. This position will also support financial aid reporting and frontline customer service scheduling.
Unit URL | Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Departments | University of Idaho
Student Financial Aid Services | University of Idaho
Position Qualifications
Required Education | Bachelor’s Degree
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Master’s degree NASFAA Credentials or FAA Certification Experience in supervising full-time staff in a student financial aid office in higher education Experience as a director, associate director, assistant director, or counselor/advisor in a student financial aid office in a large institution Demonstrated strong organizational skills Ability to communicate effectively, maintain professional rapport with staff and students, while effectively leading and organizing team members
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | Listed degree qualification is required at time of hire
Employee Category | Exempt
Pay Range | $68,450 or higher depending on education and experience
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding |
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 07/22/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is posted as open until filled, however, applications submitted on or before August 5, 2025 will receive priority consideration.
Position will remain open until a suitable pool of candidates is identified.
Applicants:
Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.
For resources about how to write a letter of qualification, please visit the HR website here: Applicant Resources – Careers | University of Idaho (uidaho.edu)
If you would like to view a full copy of the job description, please reach out to the search coordinator at cfoor@uidaho.edu
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Resume/CV
- List of References
- Letter of Qualification
- * Were you referred to this employment opportunity by a current University of Idaho employee? If so, please provide their name and department.
(Open Ended Question) - * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Academic Careers
- Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
- Chronicle
- Disabled in Higher Ed
- HigherEd/Academic Impressions
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Idaho Department of Labor/Job Service including Job Central or Idaho Works (Idahoworks.gov)
- Indeed.com
- Inside Higher Ed
- Newspaper
- Other Venue
- Professional Listservs (Ex: NACUBO, AAAE, ISMC, etc.)
- University of Idaho Website
- University of Idaho Daily Register
- University of Idaho Employee
- Veterans in Higher Ed
- Word of Mouth
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