Director of Financial Aid

The Director of Financial Aid reports directly to the Vice President for Enrollment Management and serves as a key member of the Enrollment Management (EM) leadership team. This role is instrumental in advancing the strategic enrollment and student success goals of the organization.

The ideal Director at Columbus State University is a strategic, student-centered leader who combines operational excellence with a forward-thinking approach to access and affordability. This individual is an innovative problem solver who embraces technology, values collaboration, and leads with empathy and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Excellence: Actively engaging outstanding methods in teaching, academic discovery, creative pursuits, student success, cultural enrichment and the overall campus community.
• Creativity: Pursuing distinction through inquiry and innovation, challenging convention and focusing on solutions.
• Engagement: Dynamic civic involvement and participation of students, faculty, staff and alumni in the organization’s experience.
• Sustainability: Advancing fiscal responsibility, well-being, innovation, lifelong learning and environmental stewardship.
• Inclusion: Cultivating and championing a campus environment that welcomes diverse backgrounds, ideas, perspectives and practices.
• Servant Leadership: Leading through ethical empowerment and service.

Conditions of Employment

All selected candidates are required to submit and successfully pass a background investigation to include reference checks and verification of academic credentials (if applicable). Other additional requirements may be required based upon specific position duties:

• A credit check completed for Positions of Trust and/or approved departmental Purchase Card usage.
• Pre-employment drug testing for positions with high-risk responsibilities.
• Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that involve driving a company fleet vehicle; a successful drug screening will be required as a condition of employment at a random thereafter.
• Applicants for positions of trust may be asked to disclose criminal record history during the initial screening process and prior to a conditional offer of employment.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance, Accounting/Auditing, and Administrative

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)

To apply, send your resume to View email address on click.appcast.io .