Job opening: Work and Family Life Consultant
Salary: $69 729 - 76 702 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: May 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The primary purpose of this position is to plan, implement, market, administer, and deliver FFSC WFL programs to eligible personnel concerning work and family life issues, including information and referral (I&R), workshops, briefs, case management, and individualized consultations within assigned WFL program areas.
Duties
Incumbent serves as a non-clinical consultant and facilitator on a wide variety of work and family life issues and concerns. Provides informative and tangible advice, assistance, and instruction to address customer concerns, needs and requirements associated with Navy life, including but not limited to life skills training, suicide prevention, family violence prevention, transition from military to civilian life, relocation, deployment/separation, and career resource development.
Transition Assistance Program: Facilitates and conducts program components related to the separating of military members and/or family members following a full or partial military career. This includes coordinating presence of Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Small Business Administration who conduct a variety of training in support of the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act and other legislation, Transition Assistance Program and various other Navy-related initiatives designed to prepare Service Members for success in civilian life.
Requirements
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
- Must meet federal suitability requirements including successful completion of background investigation and obtain/maintain a Secret Security Clearance (T3).
- Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
- Must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship or U.S. National.
- A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any scheduled appointments.
- May be required to serve in an “on call” duty status outside of normal work hours.
Qualifications
A minimum of an Associate's degree in education, social/behavioral sciences or related field coupled with 2+ years' experience providing adult education and/or work/family life consultation or 4+ years' experience providing adult education and/or work/family life consultation.
Knowledge of social services delivery systems and concepts, principles, and theories relating to one or more of the social or behavioral science fields to assess needs and concerns of clients and understand how social or behavioral patterns or attitudes impact and affect work and family life issues.
Skill in conducting interviews to establish the nature and extent of concerns and issues, provide assistance in developing goals and plans, and determine appropriate referral services and options.
Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships using tact and diplomacy in interacting with Commands, individuals, families, military of all ranks, community agencies, and FFSC staff.
Skill in working with social service delivery systems in the military and civilian community and gaining knowledge of individual agencies' policies and procedures and establishing agreements.
Skilled in providing individual education as well as group facilitation
Skill in using various computer software, including databases, spreadsheets, word processing, email, and network programs such as Internet, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Experience with Military Installations (Ml) and other FFSC databases preferred.
Ability to collect, evaluate, and disseminate information and assess strengths, weaknesses, and needs of serviced population in order to establish program goals, objectives, and procedures.
Knowledge of the tenets of adult education and the development of training curricula based on the adult learning model.
Knowledge of the formulation and the execution of need assessment tools.
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to understand the unique challenges of the military lifestyle.
Skill in public speaking, presentations and small group discussions.
Education
A minimum of an Associate's degree in education, social/behavioral sciences or related field coupled with 2+ years' experience providing adult education and/or work/family life consultation.
or
4+ years' experience providing adult education and/or work/family life consultation.
Contacts
- Address WPNSTA Seal Beach
750 Pacific Coast Highway
San Diego, CA 92132-0058
US
- Name: Kristel Sassady
- Email: [email protected]
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