<p>SUMMARY</p> <p>In support of the university's mission and objectives, the Manager of Military Affairs is responsible for functions related to compliance, certification, and regulatory tasks for military-connected students and their educational benefits. This role ensures institutional adherence to all applicable federal, state, and VA regulations. This position provides operational support to the Director of Military Affairs in related retention and recruitment activities for military-connected students and the ROTC program.</p> <p>Veteran and Military Service</p> <ul> <li>Serves as the university's School Certifying Official (SCO) for certification of veteran student records and maintains all VA certification records in accordance with federal regulations. </li><li>Serves as liaison for veterans and military compliance matters to Admissions, Student Accounts, Financial Aid, and Student Life. </li><li>Coordinates university-wide surveys, data collection and analysis related to veterans and military student populations. </li><li>Manages and monitors compliance of federal and state regulations, as it pertains to all veteran and military student issues. </li><li>Manages and coordinates annually, the Florida Department of Veteran Affairs Catalog approval process. </li><li>Manages and coordinates the university's Yellow Ribbon Program. </li><li>Creates VA-related communications, ensuring compliance across university web pages and newsletters (e.g. The Wave). </li><li>Ensures compliance of the social media sites for veterans and military affairs (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram). </li><li>Administers, manages, and supervises the Military Federal Work-Study Program. </li></ul> <p>Regulatory Compliance and Military Partnership Management</p> <ul> <li>Coordinates and manages Veteran Affairs audits and compliance reviews. </li><li>Manages the Department of Defense Memorandum of Understanding with all military service branches. </li><li>Ensures compliance with VA Transfer Credit policies and Joint Service Transcripts (JST) evaluation processes. </li></ul> <p>VA System and Reporting Administration</p> <ul> <li>Serves as primary university contact for VA digital processing systems. </li><li>Manages and coordinates data entry for VA Enrollment Manager education benefits system. </li><li>Executes and maintains compliance and reporting within the Department of Defense education systems, including Academic Institutions (AI) Portal Airforce system, Army Ignited system. </li></ul>