Personal Financial Counselor, Assignment Ready Counselor, PFC- Rockford, IL

About the role

This position provides coverage in short-term, surge, and on-demand situations resulting from military needs such as post-deployment events or to cover existing assignments for counselors who are absent. The primary responsibilities include providing full-breadth personal financial counseling services to military service members and their families at military installations.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one counseling, consultations, briefings, and presentations to service members and their families.
• Develop and distribute informational financial materials to service members and families.
• Coordinate and conduct a wide variety of Personal Financial Management (PFM) classes and workshops, covering topics relevant to the military lifecycle, including arrival at first duty station, pre- and post-deployment, and personal and career events.
• Respond to requests for age-appropriate classes or seminars.
• Utilize virtual counseling or other electronic modes of communication, such as web-based, secure online chat, or video-based communications, as per contract requirements.
• Manage duty-to-warn situations according to DoD protocol.
• Communicate with leadership and participate in regular individual and group supervision, sharing information about trends and issues on the installations.
• Participate in regular in-services/training, quality improvement committees, or other contract activities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, or an associate degree plus 4 years' experience, or a high school diploma plus 6 years' experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
• 3+ years of financial counseling experience.
• U.S. citizenship and fluency in English.
• If required by the contract, must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Ability to obtain a favorably adjudicated Tier 2 investigation.
• Pass the Congressionally Mandated Disclosures for Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) process.
• One of the following certifications: Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), or Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Driver's license, valid in state, preferred.
• May consider applicants with a combination of education and work experience.

Skills

Possesses the skills to effectively utilize virtual counseling or other electronic modes of communication, such as web-based, secure online chat, or video-based communications.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package includes health, life, voluntary, and other perks to enhance physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing.

Pay

Salary range: $58,440 - $93,500.

Schedule

Short-term incentives may be offered.