Financial Coach, VCU Financial Success Center by VACU

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The VCU Financial Success Center by Virginia Credit Union (FSC) is dedicated to helping our community achieve financial success. It aims to increase the prominence of financial instruction, research, programming and monitoring among the VCU community.

The FSC provides the VCU community with free personal and professional financial education, including assistance and counseling on budgeting, saving, credit, student loan repayment, career transitions and more. It supports all aspects of financial success through solutions, education and research-oriented financial programs that help reduce debt and increase overall financial confidence.

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Position Summary:

The VCU Financial Success Center by VACU is seeking highly motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the role of Financial Coach. The Center will be hiring two candidates to fill two Financial Coach positions. The primary purpose of the Financial Coach is to guide and counsel students as it relates to personal finance matters including options to pay for college, financing options with persistence to graduation, budgeting, building credit, and minimizing debt. The Financial Coach will play an active role in creating a culture of care as a part of the student’s success team by fostering meaningful relationships with students and campus partners to enhance the students’ successful university experience.

The Financial Coach is expected to maintain a high level of professionalism, accountability and collaboration with various VCU campus partners and departments. The financial coach is expected to assist in coordinating and administering the VCU Financial Success Center’s financial well-being and education services while providing individual financial counseling and outreach programming. The Financial Coach will work closely with the Executive Director, Graduate Assistant(s) and student staff to help manage the operations of the VCU Financial Success Center by VACU.

Please Note: This is a “restricted position” with funding for one year (with potential for renewal). Employment eligibility after one year is dependent upon successful performance and continued funding.

Typical Responsibilities:

• Provides financial coaching for the VCU student population
  
• Contributes to the University wide strategic goal of financial wellness
  
• Contributes to the development of a robust outreach program including communication materials, marketing & branding, and various digital marketing strategies such as social media
  
• Compiles outreach program data and provides reports on activities
  
• Works closely with various marketing channels to grow program engagement
  
• Develops and facilitates programming in collaboration with the team
  
• Collaborates with a team of student workers to execute key programmatic initiatives
  
• Develop and pilot financial literacy education for underserved student population, including but not limited to: workshops in multiple settings, one-to-one coaching, distribution of resource lists and materials, integration of financial planning technology
  
• Continuously research and implement industry standards of best practices and successful strategies
  
• Work collaboratively with VCU Career Bridge project care team to provide holistic student support
  
• Attend professional development workshops, webinars and conferences to stay abreast of current financial trends and best practices
  
• Work on special projects and initiatives as needed to support the Financial Success Center and the School of Business