LEAD MILITARY & FAMILY READINESS SPECIALIST

Army National Guard Units

Wellesley (MA)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Army National Guard Units in Massachusetts seeks a Lead Military & Family Readiness Specialist to oversee family programs, budgeting, and community outreach for soldiers and their families.

You will coordinate services, supervise staff across locations, manage non-appropriated funds, and build partnerships with community resources while ensuring ARNG standards are met.

Responsibilities

Evaluate command well-being policies and procedures to increase capabilities and efficiency; develop solutions to unique situations.
Consolidate data, report, and implement work/life services.
Research, analyze, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and monitor the human service delivery system for family programs.
Direct, analyze, and evaluate programs to maximize cost effectiveness and operating gains.
Develop program budget formulations and forecasts for the ARNG family readiness program.
Oversee use of Army/ARNG non-appropriated funds (NAF) and provide guidance to commands.
Establish and oversee implementation of information, referral, family and community outreach, volunteer management, financial readiness and training.
Oversee volunteer management and life skills/resilience education; execute Army Family Action Plan.
Coordinate capacity building efforts and ensure financial readiness requirements are met.
Organize, market, monitor effectiveness of community capacity building, report to the Service Member & Family Programs Director.
Manage and assign tasks to subordinate staff; develop performance standards; provide oversight.
Advise and counsel employees; interview candidates; handle disciplinary actions; recommend improvements.

Job description

Hiring Agency: Army National Guard Units

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a LEAD MILITARY & FAMILY READINESS SPECIALIST, Position Description Number PDT5701200 and is part of the MA ARNG G1, National Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: Molly Alesch, 339-202-4801.

Key Responsibilities

1. Evaluate command well-being policies and procedures governing programs and make and implement recommendations to increase capabilities and efficiency, and develop solutions to unique situations. Responsible for data consolidation, reporting, and the implementation of work/life services and activities.

Research, analyze, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and monitor the human service delivery system to ensure that family program elements are established and provided to military and family members encompassing service components. Assists the SFPD in strategic planning, inter-service coordination and liaison with key officials, higher headquarters, other military services, state and Federal government, and non-government (profit and non-profit) agencies and organizations.

Conducts regular needs assessments with stakeholders in order to direct, analyze, and evaluate programs and initiatives to ensure cost effectiveness and maximize operating gains and program effectiveness to Army/ARNG standards. Comply with and support accreditation/certification and internal control process requirements. (25%) 2. Develop the program budget formulations and forecasts of funds for the full scope of the ARNG family readiness program.

Provide guidance to commands and SFRGs on use and oversight of Army/ARNG non-appropriated funds (NAF). (25%) 3. Establish, develop, and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive information, referral, family and community outreach, volunteer management, financial readiness and follow-up training, education and services in response to Soldier and family readiness needs.

Oversee all aspects of volunteer management and training, and life skills/resilience education for ARNG family members, based on Commander needs assessments. Responsible for the execution of the Army Family Action Plan and Army Family Team Building. Maximize community partnerships and utilization of local community, state, regional, and national resources and networks to support Service members and families.

Synchronize and coordinate Family Readiness community capacity building efforts (education, prevention, support networks, and direct services). Ensures financial readiness requirements, outside of those related to transition, are executed and tracked to meet ARNG program requirements.

Responsible for organizing, marketing, and monitoring the effectiveness of community capacity building efforts, and reporting to the Service Member & Family Programs Director and State Leadership. Areas of focus include communication skills, conflict resolution, anger management, parenting, healthy relationships, safety, stress, time management, disaster preparedness, employment, career planning, and other pertinent topics. (25%) 4.

Manages and assigns tasks to subordinate staff, who may not be geographically co-located, based on priorities, difficulty of assignments, capabilities of employees, and work schedules. Develops employee performance standards, provides technical oversight, reviews and evaluates work performance.

Give advice, counsel and/or provide instructions to employees on both work and administrative matters; interviews candidates for subordinate positions, makes recommendations for personnel actions including promotions and reassignments; identifies developmental and training needs, provides or arranges for needed training. Effects minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, refers serious unresolved concerns to higher-level supervisor.

Recommends methods for procedures to increase the quality of work directed. (25%) Performs other duties as assigned.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Army National Guard Units, Department of the Army.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $84579 – $109959/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-25.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.