Princeton University

Princeton University

Office Support Specialist

Princeton, NJ, US · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$60k-$68kDetected 21 hours ago
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About the role

  • Overview The Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid (UFA) and Student Employment (SE) at Princeton University is a unit within the Office of the Dean of the College (ODOC).
  • The office awards aid to over 4,000 students annually with a scholarship budget of over 325M in FY26.
  • Student Employment facilitates the hiring of 3,000 students annually across both the aid and non-aid populations as well as supporting over 1,000 student employee supervisors.

Responsibilities

  • The undergraduate financial aid program supports and advances Princeton's commitment to ensuring that students from all economic backgrounds can afford to attend.
  • The Office Support Specialist works across the financial aid and student employment programs by providing customer service support for current and prospective applicants and processing support to the counseling, compliance, and student employment teams.
  • As the first point of contact for Student Employment and one of the primary points of contact for UFA, the office support specialist serves as a public face of the office.
  • The Office Support Specialist serves as the primary processor of student I-9 forms and Student Employment Verifications, and manages requests to create financial aid histories for students and alumni applying to graduate programs.
  • This process includes determining completion of the financial aid application by reviewing tax documents to determine missing information and reaching out to students for additional information as needed.
  • In addition, this position reviews financial aid documents submitted as needed as part of federal aid verification.
  • Assists senior counseling staff with projects as needed including support for student employment projects, scholarship assignments, file notations, address changes, study abroad letters and others as assigned.
  • This position assists the compliance team in troubleshooting issues with mismatches in FAFSA applications, collecting reviewing and certifying verification documents submitted by students for accuracy.
  • Coordinates the Director and Deputy Director's schedules as needed and prepares meeting materials, presentations and follow-up documents to assist in accomplishing the unit's objectives.

Nice to have

  • salaries for part-time positions are pro-rated accordingly.
  • the actual hourly rate may be higher, depending on the position and factors listed above.
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Compensation

  • The office awards aid to over 4,000 students annually with a scholarship budget of over 325M in FY26.

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