Team Lead, Processing I

Position Summary

The Team Lead, Processing serves as a first level leadership support role for the financial aid processingteam, giving team members a point of contact when the Associate Director may not be available. Provides day to day leadership support toinclude mentoring, coaching, regular production observations, and training to team members. Maintains a positive team environment, leadingthe team when the Associate Director is not present, providing reporting and contact strategy focus for team members, driving to results,conducting regular development and performance 1:1s with team members, providing training support, and coaching to outcomes for the team. Inaddition, is the first point of contact for students and organizational escalations.

Essential Functions:

• Communicate goals and deadlines to team members and ensure completion. 
• Coach team members for prioritization skills onworkload and tasks for successful completion. 
• Analyze team member performance and provide outcome-based feedback for improvementthrough coaching. 
• Analyze student feedback surveys and create individualized skill development plans to improve. 
• Manageprojects and deadlines set by the Associate Director to ensure timely progression and completion. 
• Provide team member trainingsupport. 
• Identify current team and individual challenges to provide early intervention for team member improvement.  
• Maintain team member coaching log and provide feedback to Associate Director for annual evaluations and regular 1:1s. 
• Provide escalation support and first level conflict resolution. 
• Collect, maintain, and report team member metric data. 
• Lead department meetings. 
• Hold 1:1s with team members and provide skills coaching. 
• Team oversight and coveragesupport in the absence of the Associate Director. 
• Remediation committee team member for performance management. 
• Maintainthe highest level of integrity and professionalism. 
• Manage the creation and maintenance of training materials related to theProcessing team.
• Maintain and distribute Processing team metrics to the team and interdepartmental partners.
• Coach andprovide feedback for team members on all quality assurance review of processing.
• Review quality assurance audit results andimplement process adjustments, as appropriate.
• Track daily, weekly, and monthly metrics to ensure team members are reaching outcomegoals aligned with departmental metrics and KPIs.
• Provide support and coverage for the team, as needed.
• Participate inongoing department projects, or other special projects, as needed.   
• Reasonable and consistent attendance to fulfill requirementsof the position.   
• Other duties as assigned.   

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

Supervisor duties to include:

• Indirect oversight of up to 10 front line team members.  
• Coaching, performancesupport and feedback, outcome delivery, process management, and team member training.  

Requirements:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred.  
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in financialaid, finance, student aid processing, advising, or related required.
• Experience in higher education preferred.  
• Experienceworking in a technology-driven enterprise preferred.  
• All skills, abilities and education will be considered for minimumqualifications.

Competencies/Technical/Functional Skills:

• Ability to work with and apply mathematicalcalculations.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate organizational goals and deadlines to team members.
• Abilityto create a positive and productive work environment.
• Ability to provide support in the hiring and training process of new teammembers.
• Ability to coach to skill improvement and outcome development.
• Strong understanding of Title IVregulations.
• Strong understanding of both term and non-term financial aid structures.
• Ability to stay current via self-studyon university policies, including policy updates.
• Knowledge of operating systems utilized by team members, including, but notlimited to Internet Explorer and MS Office products (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint).
• Remain solution-focused andprofessional in all interactions with students and team members, keeping in mind all organizational policies.
• Demonstrated strongverbal and written communication skills. 
• High-level thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated time managementskills and ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Ability to facilitate online communication using email and/or othertechnology-based communication media, including but not limited to: web chat, internal message system(s), Skype, Spark, MS Outlookemail
• Ability to work well in teams, while contributing to positive and productive team atmosphere, working conditions,etc.
• Ability to advocate for students without compromising the integrity of university.
• Strong understanding oforganizational mission, vision, values, goals, and strategies that are carried out in the daily tasks and interactions withothers.
• Strong ability to provide friendly student service on all calls and written correspondence regardless of messagecontent.
• Effective interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word and otherapplications in the Microsoft Office suite.

Location: Remote

Travel:  No Travel Required

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Candidate receiving offers will be offered a salary/pay rate commensurate with experience that vary based on a candidate'squalifications, skills, and competencies.  Absent exceptional circumstances, candidates will be offered a salary within this range for thisposition. The minimum salary will be offered based on the minimum exemption threshold based on state of residency. Base pay is one componentof National University's total rewards package, as we are dedicated to supporting the needs of the "whole you" with our holistic approach toemployee benefits by offering comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family.  For full details about our benefit plan offerings,please visit benefits.nu.edu. For Part-time benefits,please click here.

Compensation Range:

Hourly: $22.20 - $28.86

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