Job description
San Marcos, CA
Close Date: 07/14/2025
Primary Function:
Responsible for performing activities related to directing, planning, administering, and coordinating the Districts federal, state, and institutional financial assistance and scholarship programs including Veterans Administration (VA) Educational Benefits; authorizes financial aid packages and assures compliance with federal and state program requirements.
Salary:
$12,688.45[step 1] – $15,455.93 [step 5]. Step placement may be negotiable dependent upon education and experience. Administrators that possess earned doctorates from accredited institutions are awarded an annual stipend of $1,842.81.
Benefits:
In addition to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College also offers an extremely generous benefits package.
- Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO, and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buy up/monthly contribution)
- Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays
- $80,000 employee term life/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)
- Employee long-term care insurance
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) – Confidential free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources for all members of your household
- Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits
- Enrollment in CalSTRS (California State Teachers Retirement System)
The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits package is approximately $31,245.84 annually.
Minimum Qualifications:
To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:
- Experience: One year of formal training, internship, or leadership experience reasonably related to the administrative assignment.
- Note: For work experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 12 months.
AND
- Education:A masters degree from an accredited college or university.
Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at http://www.naces.org, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.
Diversity Statement: Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.
Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:
- Access – We make education possible for everyone.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities.
All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.How to apply
To Apply: Visit
Apply for this Job
