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Student Loan Counselor
Location
United States
Posted
87 days ago
Salary
$31.2K - $78.6K / year
Associate Degree2 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Place outbound calls, send letters, and send emails to contact delinquent borrowers and advise them of their repayment responsibility and options.
• Receive phone calls from students, answering their questions regarding their loans and repayment options.
• Counsel borrowers regarding the requirements for deferment, forbearance, rehabilitation.
• Obtain completed deferment and forbearance forms from borrowers and submit them to the appropriate servicers in accordance with department guidelines.
• Track and report contact and cure activities in accordance with departmental guidelines.
• Follow approved scripts and use approved letters in student contact activities to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Achieve the weekly, monthly and quarterly cure and activities goals set by management.
• Act as liaison between the student borrower and the loan servicer to obtain verbal forbearances and to update borrower information.
• Skip-trace borrowers and update student database (CampusVue) with new demographics.
• Cooperate with quality assurance in all review and process refinement activities.
• Assist in the confirmation/research of cures obtained from 3rd party cohort servicers.
• Complete other duties, as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Associate degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred
- 2+ years’ experience and/or training
- Call center experience in default management and/or consumer loan collections
- Fundamental skill level in MS-Excel
- Accurate recall and input of data
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Attentive to details and listens well
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data
- Ability to spend long periods of time on the telephone and follow a script
- Self-starting and able to work consistently without direct supervision
- Ability to interact in a professional manner with borrowers and co-workers
- Ability to explain options clearly to borrowers
- Must be able to work evening and weekend shifts as necessary or assigned
Benefits
- Remote work provides a flexible work/life balance
- Comprehensive Retirement Package automatically enrolled in The Company Contribution Plan (8-10% annual company contribution based on tenure)
- Our Gift of Knowledge Program provides tuition assistance and substantial discounts for our employees and close family members
- Comprehensive health benefits new hire eligibility starts on day 1 of employment
- Generous Paid Time Off includes paid holidays, vacation, personal, sick paid time-off, plus one (1) volunteer day and one (1) diversity and inclusion day to participate and give back to our local communities
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