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COUNSELOR MANAGER

SALARY RANGE: $70,000 - $85,000+

FLSA: Exempt

LOCATION: Local NACA Office Nationwide 

CONTACT: jobs@naca.com 

COUNSELOR MANAGER

NACA makes the dream of affordable homeownership a reality for many who have been subject to systemic racism and other factors. This includes access to NACA’s Best Mortgage in America and a streamlined mortgage process. NACA works with Members (i.e., homebuyers) from the initial educational workshop, individual counseling, purchase process and mortgage process. 

The Counseling Manager (CM) is responsible for the operational leadership, performance, and overall success of assigned NACA counseling offices. The CM oversees a team of NACA Counselors, ensuring the delivery of exceptional housing counseling, mortgage origination, and member services while supporting NACA's mission of expanding affordable homeownership and promoting economic justice. This position requires a results-oriented leader who can effectively recruit, develop, coach, and manage the counselors while maintaining operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and superior member satisfaction.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The CM is responsible for their assigned NACA Counselors providing comprehensive effective counseling resulting in each NACA Counselor exceeding the minimum required Qualifications. This requires the below essential duties and responsibilities and additional responsibilities as management determines. 

Office Leadership

• Provide leadership and oversight for assigned counseling offices.
• Ensure offices maintain appropriate staffing levels to meet production goals.
• Foster a positive, productive, and mission-driven work environment.
• Monitor office operations and implement strategies to improve performance and efficiency.

Staff Management

• Recruit, interview, hire, onboard, and retain qualified NACA Counselors in collaboration with the Human Resources Department.
• Supervise NACA Counselors
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide ongoing coaching and professional development.
• Address NACA Counselor performance concerns through coaching, corrective action, and performance improvement plans when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, attendance requirements, and professional standards.

Counseling & Member Services

• Ensure Members receive comprehensive counseling. 
• Monitor counseling quality, documentation, action plans, and Members’ files.
• Resolve complex Member issues, complaints, and escalations promptly and professionally.
• Promote exceptional customer service throughout all offices.

Performance Management

• Monitor key performance indicators including:
  • Qualifications
  • Lender applications
  • Lender closings
  • Pipeline management
  • Counseling productivity
  • Member satisfaction
• Analyze office performance trends and implement corrective action plans as needed.
• Ensure assigned offices consistently achieve organizational production goals and metrics.

Mortgage Operations

• Coordinate with Mortgage Operations to facilitate timely closings.
• Ensure applications and supporting documentation are submitted accurately and within required timeframes.

Training & Development

• Train and mentor NACA Counselors on policies, counseling standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with the Training Department to ensure continuous staff development.
• Promote best practices and consistent service delivery across all assigned offices.

Community Outreach & Advocacy

• Support organizational outreach initiatives and advocacy efforts.
• Encourage Member participation in community activities that advance NACA's mission.
• Represent NACA professionally with community organizations, partners, and stakeholders.

WORKING CONDITIONS

This position requires:

MISSION COMMITMENT

NACA employees are expected to actively support the organization's mission of expanding affordable homeownership, addressing housing inequities and systemic racism, reducing the racial wealth disparity gap, stabilizing neighborhoods, and advocating for economic justice. NACA requires staff to adhere to and participate in NACA’s advocacy, campaigns, events, outreach, community organizing, actions, voter registration, and other activities as determined by NACA. This is also important for NACA’s continued success and in expanding NACA’s purchase and other programs. NACA staff have a tremendous impact on the Members and communities they serve. 

TIME DEMANDS:

The Counselor Manager must be willing and able to meet the demands of the job that typically consists of 55+ hours per week. The typical working hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays with additional time as NACA determines necessary on evenings, weekends, events and other activities with overtime as permitted and necessary. The compensation has been set to reflect this expectation. 

COMPENSATION:

This is an exempt position with compensation based on experience, skills, performance and certifications. The annual salary is between $70,000 to $85,000+ with additional bonus compensation and accounting for the time demands of the postions. The candidate’s performance evaluation and future compensation is largely based on meeting the job responsibilities, competencies and skills stated herein. 

Bonus

Management would determine any bonus based on the following performance expectations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

NACA seeks staff with a positive and open attitude, a strong work ethic and relentless commitment to success with attention to detail and ability to meet aggressive deadlines and ambitious goals. S/he is expected to have a high level of core competencies and skills as stated below and described in detail at www.naca.com.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

LICENSING

NACA may provide assistance to facilitate the education and exam process and pay the costs of obtaining and maintaining a license so long as he/she complies with all applicable licensing deadlines and requirements. 

EXPERIENCE