Full-Time Accredited Financial Counselor

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate, publicize and provide a wide variety of Personal Financial Management (PFM) classes/workshops, e.g., car buying, basic budgeting, managing credit, debt liquidation, consumer awareness, insurance, savings and investments, and retirement planning.
• Respond to requests for age-appropriate classes or seminars to youths and teens as part of on-base education.
• Conduct initial and refresher Command Financial Specialist (CFS) training.
• Assist Command Financial Specialists in developing General Military Training (GMT) on topics relating to Personal Financial Management.
• Ensure that all personal financial management group education and information and referral services are entered and counted in required systems.
• Ensure staff delivering personal financial management group education are accounting for all services delivered in the scheduling module in required systems.
• Provide individualized financial counseling and assistance to service members and families.
• Assist service members in establishing an extended absence financial plan.
• Develop and make available informational financial materials to Service members and families.
• Plan, organize and develop new curriculum to be delivered by staff providing basic Personal Financial Management Education and Training per client request, when not otherwise available in CNIC standardized PFM curricula.
• Provide service and family members consumer information and assistance in handling consumer complaints.
• Document individualized financial counseling services in accordance with the required systems Users Guide and certification standards.
• Ensure that all personal financial management individual counseling and information and referral services are entered and counted in required systems.
• Ensure staff delivering personal financial management counseling are accounting for all services delivered in the scheduling module in required systems.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

Educational qualifications are a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or a combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s which equips the incumbent to serve as a personal financial management counselor and maintain national certification as an Accredited Financial Counselor as outlined in DoD Instruction 1342.22. Position must maintain the highest ethical standards and maintain up-to-date knowledge in the fields of personal finance and financial counseling. Must have the ability to prepare and conduct management briefings to communicate recommendations to supervisory authority. Individual should be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to work autonomously.

Required Work Experience:

Demonstrated experience providing personal and family financial management services is required. Accredited Financial Counselors shall possess a broad range of specialized work experience including working with family programs, military or civilian social service agencies, and/or is a military family member with full understanding of the military lifestyle. Strong oral and written communication, assessment, data management, and advocacy skills are required. Possess advocacy knowledge, skills, and abilities such as: working knowledge of state, federal, and local resources, as well as understanding, sensitivity, and empathy for sailors and family members from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic background. Knowledge of the FFSMIS system is desired but not required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.

Compensation| Min: $17hr Max: $26hr Benefits – Full-time positions are eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k plan paid time off and an annual bonus.

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