What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advisor, Financial Aid Services position at San Jacinto College?
Advisor, Financial Aid Services - Central Campus
PRIMARY FUNCTION: To advise students on requirements for obtaining financial aid and to assist current and prospective students with any issues related to funding their college education.
Essential Job Functions
Salary Grade: 110
Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule
Requisition Number: req6269
Posting Close Date: 5/7/2026 at 6 pm CST
PRIMARY FUNCTION: To advise students on requirements for obtaining financial aid and to assist current and prospective students with any issues related to funding their college education.
Essential Job Functions
- Assist students and families with all financial aid options and processing federal, state and institutional financial aid applications in accordance with federal, state and college regulations. This includes verification concerns.
- Plan, implement, and conduct retention and completion activities related to financial literacy and education.
- Uses professional judgment to evaluate dependency and special circumstance appeals.
- Work with the Manager of Financial Aid to plan, implement and evaluate the programs and services provided by the Financial Aid Office.
- Conduct financial aid informational presentations to special groups
- Prepares for and participates in a variety of college/campus /community, task force, workshops, training sessions and conferences as assigned; collaborates with other service areas to provide and improve services to students.
- Work cooperatively with counterparts on the other campuses to achieve the College’s annual goals and objectives.
- Represent SJC with outside educational institutions, internal departments, and professional organizations. Serve as department liaison and on campus/college committees as requested.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Maintain processes and systems that improve the quality of customer support services.
- Demonstrate working functional knowledge and use of Banner and Microsoft Office.
- Must demonstrate the ability to assess issues and/or problems and make recommendations for improvement.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of and compliance with FERPA and other federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to higher education.
- Must possess outstanding communication, critical thinking, customer service, and organizational skills, and be able to explain complex processes.
- Must be detail-oriented.
- Must have knowledge of college admission and enrollment processes, advising and educational planning, basic career planning, and transfer requirements.
- Demonstrate the desire to learn new software requirements to support office functions & efficiency.
- Ability to adapt to learning new tasks & skills.
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college/university required.
- Possess personal computer literacy and good organizational skills.
- Experience in financial aid, admissions, registrar, advising, testing, or marketing of higher education and recruitment of students required
- Banner experience preferred.
Salary Grade: 110
Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule
Requisition Number: req6269
Posting Close Date: 5/7/2026 at 6 pm CST