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PFCs provide financial education and counseling services primarily to service members and their families at military installations.
Skills in:
· Identifying immediate and long-range measures to increase income, reduce household expenditures, and avoid additional financial burdens.
· Providing financial planning counseling to reduce, eliminate, and avoid debt and to achieve financial goals.
· Teaching service members (and their families) money management techniques to encourage them to live within their means.
· Educating service members in understanding credit, finance charges, interest rates and the implications of only paying the minimum amount each month.
· Educating military families on the importance of maintaining excellent credit histories and ratings.
· Teaching service members to make informed decisions and to be aware of associated costs such as insurance, maintenance, fuel costs, etc.
· Educating and counseling service embers about their retirement systems and providing financial models to assist them in establishing a comprehensive retirement plan.
· Teaching service members and their families how to save for emergencies, unanticipated contingencies, and both short and long-term goals.
· Supporting and educating individuals and families to help address specific needs, including provision of appropriate resource referrals.
Ability to:
· Work independently to collaborate with government officials, network with service members and set appointments. PFC's will traditionally provide support in one of three ways. Any combination of the three may be requested by the installation coordinator.
· Facilitate briefings designed to promote awareness and educate service members and their families on various personal finance topics. PFCs facilitate requested briefings using a library of approved presentations and handouts on a variety of financial topics
· Perform outreach and engaging event attendees in conversations about setting financial goals, guidance to appropriate resources, as well as discussions on all areas of personal finance.
· Complete daily and weekly reports, as instructed.
· Facilitate financial workshops and trainings to large groups and ability to tailor presentations to audiences as needed.
· Use sound professional judgment, ethical practice, and common sense. Developing, implementing, and evaluating financial needs of individuals and families
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