Student Employee - Peer Financial Coach - Fall

Peer Financial Coach

The Financial Literacy Center, located in Union Room 128 A4 (inside the Success Advising Center), helps students take control of their finances through one-on-one coaching, workshops, and educational resources. We're looking for motivated, compassionate students to join our team as Peer Financial Coaches. If you're passionate about helping others and want to grow your financial confidence while empowering your peers, we'd love to have you on our team!

Duties Include:

• Work one-on-one with fellow students to provide guidance on:
  Budgeting and saving, Navigating financial aid and the FAFSA, Understanding interest rates and loan terms, Building and maintaining healthy credit
• Answering basic tax-related questions
• Connecting students with campus resources (scholarship/job tools, etc.)
• Supporting mini-grant recipients
• Help students build confidence and reduce stress around money
• Promote financial literacy events and workshops on campus

Education:

• UCM Student

Experience:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Interest in personal finance and helping others
• Dependable, organized, and eager to learn
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism

Working Hours and Days:
Varies, no more than 20 hours a week

Special Instructions:

Full-time staff & 12-month faculty benefits-eligible position:
Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

9-month faculty benefits-eligible position:
Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

Part-time benefits-eligible positions:
Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.

Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions:
Benefits are not included.

Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.

NOTE:

A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.

The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.