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Assistant Director, Admissions & Financial Aid

Cambridge, MA, us💼 Full-time💰 $75,000–$75,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-26

Core

Manage institutional and federal financial aid processes, including needs analysis, awarding, compliance, and student counseling for a caseload of ~300 students.

Role type

Senior financial aid operations specialist

Builds

Financial aid packages, compliance reports, and student support workflows

Domain

Higher education financial aid

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Financial needs analysis, federal aid compliance, student counseling, data management, system testing

Preferred skills

PowerFAIDS experience, student services background

Technologies

PowerFAIDS

Responsibilities

Conduct institutional and federal needs analysis and award financial aid; manage federal verification and eligibility resolution; assist in developing and testing financial aid management systems; manage fellowship programs and fund allocation; support audit reporting and compliance.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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