Is your financial aid office adequately staffed? Are your resources being utilized effectively? Does your institution need help recruiting and retaining staff?

Contact CHESS to obtain a benchmark study of your current staffing patterns against similar institutions in size, type and control, aid volume, enrollment, and number of aid recipients. We utilize data from the NASFAA Staffing Model and obtain additional information from your peer group or primary competitors. We also review functions performed by staff level and organizational unit to help you understand if your resources are being utilized most effectively.

By obtaining benchmark results, you'll understand your staffing needs, and be able to ensure that your institution meets the federal administrative capability requirements.

Our Financial Aid Administrator Salary Analysis benchmarks your institution's current salary patterns against similar institutions in size, type and control, aid volume, enrollment, and number of aid recipients. We leverage data from the NASFAA Salary Model and obtain additional information from your peer group or primary competitors. The result? You understand the compensation structure necessary to recruit and retain people to achieve your academic objectives.

CHESS also provides the following human resource services to colleges and universities:

• Recruitment
• Retention
• Hiring
• Orientation (on-boarding)
• Training
• Employee handbooks
• Job descriptions
• Job analyses
• Work design
• Performance evaluations
• Benefit review and analyses

Contact CHESS today; we'll help you organize your people services.