Assistant Director of Graduate & Professional Financial Aid

The Assistant Director of Graduate & Professional Financial Aid plays an important role in helping students in the University of New England’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) navigate the financial aspects of their education. This position manages financial aid awarding and processing for COM students while serving as a knowledgeable, approachable resource throughout their enrollment.

The Assistant Director works closely with students, colleagues, and campus partners to solve problems, explain complex information clearly, and ensure financial aid is administered accurately and in accordance with applicable requirements. Responsibilities include determining eligibility, reviewing and adjusting financial aid awards, developing student budgets, monitoring academic progress requirements, and supporting students when enrollment changes or other circumstances affect their aid.

UNE welcomes candidates with strong transferable skills from areas such as customer service, finance, banking, compliance, benefits administration, case management, student services, or other detail-oriented and highly regulated environments. The successful candidate will be curious, organized, comfortable learning complex processes, and committed to providing thoughtful and responsive service. Comprehensive training will be provided to help the selected candidate develop the financial aid knowledge needed to succeed in the role.

Bring your strengths. We’ll help you build the financial aid expertise. Financial aid or higher education experience is beneficial, but not required. We welcome candidates with transferable experience and a genuine interest in learning.

About the University of New England
UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

For more information about our outstanding benefits, please visit: UNE Benefits Overview