Senior Financial Aid/bursary Officer

Overview

Manage and coordinate student bursary schemes and financial aid administrative services for a college campus, ensuring compliance with NSFAS guidelines.

Requirements

• Matric/Grade12 Certificate plus a recognised 3-year National Diploma or Degree in Financial Management / Accounting or any other relevant qualification.
• Must have a minimum of 3 to 5 years relevant work experience in bursary / financial aid services.
• Must be computer literate.
• Must be proficient in MS-Excel.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Competencies, Knowledge, And Skills: Must have knowledge and understanding of financial functions, practices as well as the ability to capture data, operate computer and collate financial statistics.
• Knowledge of the Public Service financial legislations, procedures and Treasury Regulations (PFMA, NSFAS guidelines and Financial Management practices and principles).
• Knowledge of basic financial operating systems.
• Must have good verbal and written communication, basic numeracy skills, ability to perform routine tasks, ability to operate office equipment, flexibility, interpersonal relations, accuracy and aptitudes of figures.

Duties

• Ensure overall supervision and coordination of student bursary schemes and financial aid administrative support services for the entire college.
• Ensure the overall supervision and administration of bursary and financial aid schemes application processes for the entire college in line with NSFAS guidelines, funder MOU/SLA and policies.
• Ensure overall supervision and authorisation of disbursement of funds.
• Ensure overall supervision and facilitation of other financial aid schemes.
• Ensure overall supervision, monitoring, evaluation and maintenance of database of all student applications in terms of Department of Higher Education and Training and NSFAS requirements.
• Ensure overall supervision and consolidate reports on all bursary and financial aid allocations for the entire college.
• Uploading and posting of all NSFAS student tuition remittances on the Pastel and Coltech systems including reconciliation and balancing thereof.
• Prepare and conclude annual NSFAS reconciliation report in terms of advances and tuition fee receipts/remittances.
• Identify all NSFAS overpayments and credits with interest that should be repaid and refunded to NSFAS annually.
• Follow up on outstanding close reports.

How to apply

Please hand deliver your application or email it to seniorfin@westcol.co.za in a pdf format and as one attachment, quoting the relevant reference number to the Principal, Western TVET College, Corporate Office, 42 Johnstone Street, Randfontein, 1760.

Enquiries: Ms M Hlatshwayo/Mr P Motai Tel No: (011) 692 4004 Ext. 1010/1061/1062

Notes

All applications must be accompanied by a signed and fully completed NEW Z83 form obtainable from any public service Department or DPSA website, a comprehensive CV including at least three contactable references. Only shortlisted candidates will be required to submit certified copies of original documents with academic records/transcripts and other relevant supporting documents on or before the day of the interview following communication from HR Office. Foreign qualifications must be accompanied by a SAQA evaluation report. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre- entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. If you have not been contacted within six months after the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful. Successful candidates will be subjected to a vetting and financial disclosure process (criminal record, citizenship, qualification verification and employment verification). People living with disability are encouraged to apply. If you have not been contacted within six months after closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful. Western TVET College is an equal opportunities employer and reserves the right not to fill the posts. People with disability are encouraged to apply. Please ensure that the Z83 form is completed in full. Incomplete Z83 will be disqualified.