gbx
Benefits Advisor, VA Transition Assistance Program
Fort Bragg, North Carolina · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
CommunicationPublic SpeakingMicrosoft Office
About the role
- Refer service members to VA contacts and assist in making appropriate connections to that service.
Responsibilities
- Provide in-person support, if requested, from the military service Transition Assistance Program (TAP) manager during or immediately following a pre-separation counseling session, during Capstone events, or to facilitate a warm handover.
Requirements
- Must be able to demonstrate an interactive, dynamic, and energetic training style necessary to engage the military audience in job search training activities.
- Ability to adjust teaching style to meet needs of participants.
- Ability to read applications and government forms.
- Ability to learn information in a rapid timeframe.
- Must be able to pass a personal background check.
- Follow established procedures on setting up and breaking down courses rooms, preparing materials for participants, and preparing and securing any required electronic equipment.
- Complete course required documentation including, but not limited to, attendance reports, evaluation forms, and other workshop reports.
- Attend training sessions, as required per program requirements.
- Bachelor's degree or 3 years' equivalent work/military experience in the areas of Training, Education, Career Counseling or Human Resources.
- Must be keen observer of behavior and interpreter of non-verbal language, have excellent listening skills, possess an innate sensitivity to unspoken needs and be acutely attuned in gauging the comfort of all participants.
- Must successfully complete a standards-based VA Basic Benefits Advisor Training Course. Successful course completion includes passing a written test and an oral presentation.
- Flexibility to travel up to 50% to other military bases to deliver training.
- Must be able to use a wide range of adult learning and group facilitation techniques including PowerPoint presentations and interactive/collaborative sessions.
- Able to maintain fluency on all benefits and programs in the contract area.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering workshops to military audiences preferred.
- Knowledge of the military and experience working with military clients is strongly preferred.
Skills
- GBX Consultants, Inc. is accepting resumes for a full-time Benefits Advisor at Fort Bragg, NC.
- This position is designated as a Service Contract Act position.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
Compensation
- Deliver one-hour and one-day courses to transitioning service members that cover critical VA benefits including education, compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation and employment, home loan guaranty, insurance, burial benefits, VA h
Benefits
- Facilitate individualized discussions with service members to further explain the benefits and services that may be available, assist with finding answers to questions related to filing VA claims or applications.
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