Financial Literacy Educator

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northern Illinois; Woodstock (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northern Illinois seeks a Financial Literacy Educator to deliver engaging workshops on budgeting, credit, banking, homeownership, and fraud prevention. You will present to diverse audiences, adapt materials, and collaborate with libraries, schools, employers, and community partners.

Success means making complex financial information accessible, building relationships, and connecting participants with CCCSNI services as needed, while expanding outreach and

Qualifications

• Strong public speaking, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial literacy workshops and presentations in person and virtually.

Skills

Public speaking

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Explain financial concepts

Communication

Organizational skills

Time-management

Travel locally

Bilingual English/Spanish

Tools

Canva

Microsoft Office

Zoom

Job description

The Financial Literacy Educator delivers engaging, practical financial education programs that help individuals and families build the knowledge, confidence, and skills needed to make informed financial decisions. The Educator presents workshops on a wide variety of topics including budgeting, credit, banking, homeownership, and fraud preventio in partnership with libraries, schools, employers, social service agencies, townships, and other community organizations. This position also represents CCCSNI at community events and helps expand awareness of the organization’s financial education and counseling services.

Success in this role means making financial information understandable, relevant, and useful to people with a wide range of financial backgrounds. The successful Educator will be engaging and comfortable speaking to groups, adapting presentations to different audiences, developing positive relationships with community partners, and helping participants connect what they learn to their own financial lives. Success will also be reflected in workshop participation, participant feedback, increased financial knowledge and confidence, and connections to CCCSNI counseling services when additional assistance is needed.

The Financial Literacy Educator serves as an important connection between CCCSNI and the communities we serve. While our counselors provide individualized assistance to people facing housing and financial challenges, our education programs allow us to reach individuals earlier and provide tools that can help prevent financial hardship. Through workshops, outreach, and community partnerships, the Educator expands CCCSNI’s reach and supports our mission to strengthen and empower communities through financial and housing education and counseling.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial literacy workshops and presentations in person and virtually.
• Present financial topics in an engaging, practical, and easy-to-understand manner.
• Prepare for workshops and adapt presentations and activities to meet the needs of different audiences.
• Assist with developing and updating presentations, handouts, activities, and other educational materials.
• Coordinate with community partners regarding workshop topics, scheduling, audience needs, and program logistics.
• Build and maintain relationships with libraries, schools, colleges, employers, nonprofit organizations, townships, and other community partners.
• Represent CCCSNI at community events, resource fairs, outreach activities, and partner programs.
• Promote CCCSNI’s counseling and education services and connect individuals with one-on-one counseling when appropriate.
• Identify opportunities for new workshops, partnerships, and community outreach.
• Collect attendance information, participant evaluations, surveys, and other documentation needed for program and grant reporting.
• Track workshop participation and outreach activities.
• Stay current on personal finance topics, consumer issues, credit, banking, housing, scams, and fraud.
• Participate in staff meetings, training, and other organizational activities as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong public speaking, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to explain financial concepts clearly and make complex information easy to understand.
• Comfortable presenting to both small and large groups.
• Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing to a collaborative team.
• Professional and comfortable building relationships with community organizations and partners.
• Knowledge of personal finance topics such as budgeting, credit, banking, savings, and consumer financial issues, or the ability and willingness to learn.
• Experience in education, training, financial services, nonprofit work, community outreach, social services, or a related field preferred.
• Comfortable using Canva, Microsoft Office, Zoom, and other presentation technology.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and financial circumstances.
• Ability to travel locally to workshops, meetings, and community events.
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings or weekends based on workshop and community event schedules.
• Bilingual English/Spanish skills are a plus.