Financial Aid and Awards Officer

Position Summary

Cambrian College’s Records, Registration and Financial Aid requires a full-time Financial Aid and Awards Officer.

Note: Internal candidates, as defined by the Full-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement, will be given first consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build and maintain accurate student funding records, both at the College and at the Ministry, performing funding coordination functions within the Enrolment Centre to ensure details are accurately recorded in different systems and students and sponsors are provided the information required to proceed.
• Receive, review, process, and approve OSAP applications, ensuring accuracy and completeness of student applications.
• Update and maintain records with respect to continuation of interest-free status.
• Process tuition refunds and repayments for funded students, and coordinate return of funds to OSAP, where necessary.
• Maintain an accounts receivable process in conjunction with the College’s Finance Office, and the Ministry’s accounts receivable department by billing students and collecting funds from students that have been overpaid by the OSAP bursary process.
• Provide coordination and support for the financial aid/OSAP/bursary and scholarship processes at the College, including the SAG (Student Access Guarantee), and the BSWD (Bursaries for students with disabilities) programs.
• Prepare letters, quotes, and other funding-related communication for different sponsors (WSIB, Second Career, ODSP, Indigenous sponsors etc.).
• Respond to enquiries (through email, phone, virtual, and in person) related to OSAP, Sponsorship and all funding opportunities.
• Coordinate and administer Student Awards, Scholarships and Bursary programs. Plan, create and maintain award aid funds, system controls, budget maintenance, and aid fund properties; track requisites, committee selections, award processes and distribution, as well as audit award/system set ups and make recommendations as necessary.
• Act as main point of contract for the College’s Hardship Bursary Program, receiving, reviewing, and deciding on applications for student TSA-related funding.
• Participation of OSAP and Award opportunities at various college events.
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• A three-year postsecondary diploma, degree, or equivalent. (A copy of educational documents must be submitted with application *** education completed outside of Canada, applicants are required to submit a WES or ICAS with their application)
• Two years of work experience where financial management and records management skills were required, along with experience working with student awards and/or OSAP.
• The ability to balance multiple tasks with frequent interruptions.
• Effective communication skills and good judgment and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-service skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Commitment to working within a team environment.
  
  

Additional Asset/Preferred

• Experience in a postsecondary educational setting.
  
  

Required Information

To be considered, candidates must provide the following as an attachment:

• Educational documents
• WES/ICAS Equivalence if degrees/diplomas are from a Non-Canadian University
  

Cambrian College offers the following benefits to full-time Support Staff employees:

Vacation Days

• 15 Vacation Days (after one year of continuous service)
  
  

Mandatory Benefits

• Basic Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Extended Health Care
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• Hearing Care
• Pension Plan
  
  

Optional Health Care Benefits

College Employees Can Purchase The Following Benefit Plans

• Supplementary Life Insurance
• Employee Optional Life Insurance
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Spousal Optional Life Insurance
• Critical Illness
  
  

CAAT Pension Plan

Our employee benefit plan package includes a defined benefit pension to help you create a secure future. The CAAT Penion Plan provides you with a predictable lifetime retirement income, survivor benefits, early retirement options, and more without the stress of making investment decisions.

CAAT makes it easy for you to build stable, secure retirement income while you work.

Explore a career choice with a pension at http://www.caatpension.ca/dbprime-pensions-for-talent

Employee Perks

• Education and Technology Loan Plan
• Tuition Subsidy Program
• Higher Education Funding
• Technology Loan Plan
• Family Tuition Bursary Program
• Discounted Access to Fitness Facility/Fitness Classes
  
  

We also offer have a variety of employee discounts available at retailers

01

Do you have a minimum of a three-year postsecondary diploma, degree, or equivalency?

• Yes
• No
  
  

02

If yes, in what discipline is your diploma, degree, or equivalency?

03

Do you have two years of work experience in which financial and records management were required?

• Yes
• No
  
  

04

Do you have two years of experience working with student awards and/or OSAP?

• Yes
• No
  
  

05

Please rate your computer mobile application skills such as Microsoft applications, Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Expert
• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Novice
• Fundamental Awareness
• No experience or exposure
  
  

06

Do you have experience working within a postsecondary environment?

• Yes
• No
  
  

Required Question