Director of Financial Aid | Eastern Oregon University - Military Veterans

The Director of Financial Aid at Eastern Oregon University (EOU) is responsible for the overall management and administration of all student financial aid, as well as the operation of the Financial Aid Office. The director of financial aid is a strategic partner in meeting the University's admission and retention goals, leading staff, and partnering with colleagues across the University. The director is responsible for the awarding and disbursement of the annual financial aid expenditures, a comprehensive aid budget of approximately $23 million. The director is responsible for hiring, training, and providing professional development opportunities and mentoring to all financial aid staff members. This is a great opportunity for an experienced problem solver as the Director of Financial Aid holds a central strategic role in the successful education of students from all walks of life at EOU, with particular attention to international, underserved and nontraditional students. The Director must be a naturally strong advocate for students, a strategic enrollment management thinker and contributor, an expert in administering federal, state, and institutional financial aid programs, and an innovator who is motivated to bring new approaches, technologies, and communications tactics to the financial aid realm . The Director is responsible for ensuring that the University maintains compliance with all applicable federal law, state law, and any other applicable rules and regulations related to the administration of Financial Aid funds. This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring all operational functions within financial aid and for the strategic use of institutional aid in achieving enrollment objectives in accordance with the University strategic plan and overall mission. The Director manages departmental budgets for the Financial Aid office; manages and oversees all financial aid programs, operational changes, and management of federal and state financial aid programs, in compliance with all applicable federal and state regulations, for over $20 million in financial aid funding disbursed annually at EOU; manages, maintains, and makes recommendations to the Vice President for Finance implements new fee remission programs as directed to support enrollment and retention goals; authority of awarding federal campus-based funds (FSEOG, Perkins, Federal Work-Study) with a budget of over $500 thousand dollars; manages the development and awarding criteria for federal, state, and institutional aid.