Financial Aid Counselor

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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. Let's parse the posting. Key info: - Position Title: Financial Aid Counselor (but we don't repeat as heading) - Job Category: Academic Staff - Employment Type: Regular - Job Profile: Financial Aid Officer - Job Duties: list of responsibilities (Counseling students and parents regarding financial aid matters, Performing FAFSA application review, Posting aid offers, Using professional judgment to revise student eligibility under special circumstances, Outreach and communication with prospective and current students, Assisting with office phone calls, e-mails, and in-person visits, Maintaining Confidentiality, Remaining compliant with federal, state, UWL, and Universities of Wisconsin policies) - This Position Will Process aid for graduate and doctorate programs of study, Process aid for undergrad allied health programs, Process aid for second degree and preparatory coursework, Assist the Director with cost of attendance figures and aid budget updates yearly, Assist the Director with campus presentations to students and families - Work hours: Monday through Friday from 7:45am-4:30pm - Review of applications starts on October 7, 2026. Applications received on or before October 7th are prioritized and review will continue until the position(s) is/are filled. Initial interviews will be conducted virtually, with shortlisted candidates invited to campus. - UW-La Crosse does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term. If you have questions regarding this, please contact Human Resources at 608-785-8013. - Key Job Responsibilities: Awards financial aid to qualifying students, Audits financial aid applications for awarding financial aid to qualifying students according to established policies and in compliance with federal and state regulations, May hire, train, and supervise student employees, Serves as a point of contact to third party stakeholders about financial aid information and processes, Assists in collecting, preparing, and analyzing financial aid data for stakeholders, Triages processes or applications if issues arise - Department: Financial Aid - Compensation: $46,000/ year - Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree completed, Effective customer service and conflict resolution skills, Ability to work independently and as part of a team, Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information appropriately, Ability to problem-solve and exercise independent judgment and initiative, Ability to make timely decisions and determine priorities, Excellent attention to detail, Effective time management and organizational skills - Preferred Qualifications: Work experience with Federal student financial aid, or financial resources, Work experience in Higher Education, Experience with computer applications (especially student information systems such as PeopleSoft), Work experience with students and/or colleagues, Familiarity with public speaking and group presentations - How To Apply: required docs, contact info, etc. We need to remove application instructions (the instructions about how to apply, contact info, etc.) as per instruction: remove application instructions. So we should not include "How To Apply" section. Also remove special notes, confidentiality, etc. Also remove EEO boilerplate. Also remove benefits description? The posting includes "Information about your benefits" with details. That is substantive benefits info, so we should include a Benefits section. However we must not create a Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does state benefits: "Your benefits add an additional 40%+ to the overall financial package from the university. Highlights Include Paid vacation for 12-month positions. Excellent flexible health insurance with low co-pays and good coverage. Paid holidays and paid sick days. After 5 years of employment, you become vested in our retirement system which ensures income post-career. Benefits at UWL are highly competitive with local industry and some of the strongest in state and nation. Benefit eligibility is determined at the point of hire. This information is provided for illustrative purposes only. Benefits are also pro-rated based on the appointment percentage." That's substantive. So include Benefits. Pay: Compensation $46,000/ year. So include Pay section. Schedule: Work hours: Monday through Friday from 7:45am-4:30pm. So include Schedule section. About the role: Could be a brief summary? The posting includes "Job Duties" and "Key Job Responsibilities". We could combine into About the role or Responsibilities. According to rules, we should use headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include based on content. We have: - About the role: maybe a brief description of the position (Financial Aid Officer responsibilities). Could be derived from "Job Duties" and "This Position Will". Could be a paragraph summarizing. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list). Could be separate from About the role. - Requirements: maybe Required Qualifications. - Qualifications: maybe Preferred Qualifications? Or we could treat Required Qualifications as Requirements, Preferred as Qualifications. - Skills: maybe skills like customer service, conflict resolution, etc. Could be extracted from Required Qualifications. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to include all details, not just summarize. However we can group them under headings but must not lose detail. For example, we could put Required Qualifications under

Requirements

as a list. Preferred Qualifications under

Qualifications

. Skills maybe under

Skills

but we might not have a separate skills list; we could embed skills within Required Qualifications. However we must not create a section if it's just filler. If we put Skills heading but only have generic skills that are already in Required Qualifications, we might be duplicating. Better to not create Skills section unless there is explicit skills list. The posting does not have a separate "Skills" heading; it includes skills within qualifications. So we could omit Skills section. Thus sections we will include: - About the role: maybe a paragraph summarizing the role (derived from Job Duties and "This Position Will"). - Responsibilities: list of duties (both Job Duties list and Key Job Responsibilities). Could combine. - Requirements: Required Qualifications list. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list. - Benefits: benefits description. - Pay: compensation. - Schedule: work hours. We must not include sections like "About the role" if we don't have specific content. But we can craft a short paragraph that captures the role without adding info not present. Must not invent. We can paraphrase but must preserve all substantive info? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." That suggests we cannot lose detail; we must keep all details. Summarizing away detail is not allowed. So we cannot replace detailed bullet list with a short paragraph that omits details. We need to keep all details. So we need to output the details in some format, likely as lists under appropriate headings. So we could have:

About the role

maybe not needed if we already have Responsibilities covering duties. But we need to avoid empty sections. If we put About the role but only put a generic sentence that doesn't add new info, that might be considered summarizing away detail? It might be okay if it's just a brief intro that doesn't omit details because details are elsewhere. But the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine About the role and Responsibilities into one section? But headings are prescribed; we must use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, etc). It doesn't say we must use all; we can choose which to include. So we could include only Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. That's six sections. About the role could be omitted if we feel Responsibilities covers it. However About the role might be expected to give a brief overview; but we can omit if not needed. The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So if we don't have specific content for About the role beyond what's in Responsibilities, we could omit it. But we could also put a short paragraph that is directly taken from the posting: maybe the first sentence "The Financial Aid Officer is responsible for:" is a heading? Actually that's part of Job Duties. We could treat that as About the role content: "The Financial Aid Officer is responsible for:" then list. But that is essentially the responsibilities. So maybe we can put About the role as a paragraph that includes the sentence "The Financial Aid Officer is responsible for:" and then the list? That would duplicate. Better to follow the pattern: Use

Responsibilities

for the list of duties. Use

Requirements

for Required Qualifications. Use

Qualifications

for Preferred Qualifications. Use

Benefits

for benefits. Use

Pay

for compensation. Use

Schedule

for work hours. We must not include any boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Now we need to format lists: Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. Thus:

  Responsibilities

  • Counseling students and parents regarding financial aid matters
  • Performing FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) application review
  • Posting aid offers
  • Using professional judgment to revise student eligibility under special circumstances
  • Outreach and communication with prospective and current students
  • Assisting with office phone calls, e-mails, and in-person visits
  • Maintaining Confidentiality
  • Remaining compliant with federal, state, UWL, and Universities of Wisconsin policies
  • Process aid for graduate and doctorate programs of study
  • Process aid for undergrad allied health programs
  • Process aid for second degree and preparatory coursework
  • Assist the Director with cost of attendance figures and aid budget updates yearly
  • Assist the Director with campus presentations to students and families
  • Awards financial aid to qualifying students
  • Audits financial aid applications for awarding financial aid to qualifying students according to established policies and in compliance with federal and state regulations
  • May hire, train, and supervise student employees
  • Serves as a point of contact to third party stakeholders about financial aid information and processes
  • Assists in collecting, preparing, and analyzing financial aid data for stakeholders
  • Triages processes or applications if issues arise
  But note some items may be duplicates: "Counseling students and parents regarding financial aid matters" vs "Awards financial aid to qualifying students" etc. We keep all as given. Now Requirements: Required Qualifications list.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree completed
  • Effective customer service and conflict resolution skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information appropriately
  • Ability to problem-solve and exercise independent judgment and initiative
  • Ability to make timely decisions and determine priorities