Assistant Director, Financial Aid

Position Summary: The Assistant Director of Financial Aid will supervise the day-to-day processes and general operations of the office. In addition, this position will provide financial aid counseling to students. The Assistant Director of Financial Aid is also responsible for coordinating financial aid file processing, packaging and verification. He/she will utilize "professional judgment" for dependency overrides and special circumstances. The Assistant Director is also responsible for processing MAP and ancillary awards with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), maintaining and processing the Federal Pell grant and Federal Direct Loan authorizations.

Governors State University is the only regional, public, comprehensive university in Chicago's south suburban area, serving approximately 7,750 students. GSU provides affordable and accessible undergraduate and graduate education to culturally and economically diverse students with undergraduate tuition that is the most affordable in the state.

Established in 1969, GSU emphasizes excellence, access, and innovation. Students benefit from the university's high academic quality, range of convenient class times, increasing hybrid and online, and off campus offerings, and outstanding educational value. GSU is committed to securing and maintaining academic accreditation for programs where accreditation is available. Furthermore, GSU seeks to become a national leader in successful transfer of community college students to universities and recently introduced the Dual Degree Program with features such as tuition lock-in at GSU for academically eligible community college students who commit to earn an Associate Degree and attend college full-time.

The campus, conveniently located in University Park, Illinois, is characterized by the quiet of its scenic 760 acre campus amidst vigorous suburban and business growth, towns of character and interest, along with Metra access to the vibrancy of the Chicago Loop, just 35 miles away. The campus and surrounding community enjoy the excellent cultural offerings of Governors State University's Center for Performing Arts, as well as its acclaimed Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park.


Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree;
Four years of increasingly responsible experience in the financial aid office.