Finance
Financial Aid Advisor
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Role Title: Financial Aid Advisor
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
Time Commitment: 15-25 hours/week, short-term project
The company is looking for Financial Aid Advisors to help evaluate and improve AI systems on federal student loan topics. You’ll use your borrower counseling experience to check that questions sound like real borrowers and that answers are correct and useful. Accuracy comes first. No AI experience is needed; your domain knowledge is what matters.
Scope of Work
- Review sample student loan questions and flag any that don’t sound like what real borrowers ask.
- Write rubrics that define a correct, complete answer on federal loan repayment, including income-driven repayment (IDR) plans and forgiveness programs such as PSLF.
- Cover servicer issues, deferment and forbearance, and default management in your rubrics.
- Evaluate AI-generated answers against your rubrics, flagging errors, omissions, and outdated guidance.
- Share clear written feedback with the project team, working asynchronously.
Required Qualifications
- Direct experience counseling borrowers on federal student loan repayment and forgiveness (nonprofit counselor, university financial aid office, or similar)
- 1+ years advising on IDR plans, PSLF, or other repayment and relief options
- Experience beyond award packaging, such as repayment, forgiveness, servicer issues, or default resolution
- Working knowledge of loan servicing, deferment, forbearance, and default
- US-based
- Able to start quickly and commit 15-25 hours/week
- Clear, precise writing
Skills
- Repayment
- PSLF
- Default
This role at a glance
At $30–$50/hr, the Financial Aid Advisor role comes to about $2,600–$4,330 a month for 20 hours a week, or $5,200–$8,670 a month full time — roughly $62,000–$104,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 13 days ago. Finance roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 18 days before closing, counted over the 22 that have closed so far. 7 people applied to this role through RemoteJobsOne in the last 30 days.
20 hours a week
$2,600–$4,330
a month, before tax
Full time
$5,200–$8,670
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$62,000–$104,000
full time, 52 weeks
Open for
13 days
Finance roles here close after about 18 days, counted over 22 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
How this pay compares
This role pays $30–$50/hr. Across the 12 hourly finance roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $100 to $135 an hour, and published rates range from $30 to $350. Its top rate of $50 sits below the category's median floor.
This role
$30–$50/hr
Finance median
$100–$135/hr · full spread $30 to $350
Questions about this role
How much does the Financial Aid Advisor role pay?
It pays $30–$50/hr, which is about $5,200–$8,670 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesIs this Financial Aid Advisor job fully remote?
Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksWhat skills does the Financial Aid Advisor role ask for?
The posting asks for Repayment, PSLF and Default. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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