Job Remote Work and Family Life Specialist. Remote

Job Description

This position is still at the proposal stage and is awaiting award.

International SOS is looking for qualified individuals to be Work and Family Life (WFL) Specialist for The Navy Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP) The FFSP serves active duty members of the Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force plus their eligible family members; active duty members of foreign military services who are stationed in the area; reserve military personnel and their family members when they are eligible for military medical care, military members designated as severely wounded, ill and injured and their identified caretakers and, on a space available basis, military retirees and their family members and widows, eligible family members of military decedents and other groups as directed and authorized by higher authorities in response to special circumstances.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide educational and support programs and services that directly support deployment and mission readiness by preparing service and family members to anticipate, understand and cope with the demands associated with the Navy lifestyle and operating tempo.
• Provide outreach efforts targeting the most at-risk groups to include: first-term service members geographically separated or socially isolated families, single parents, foreign-born spouses, and others with special needs in wartime, and peacetime.
• Ensure deployment materials and checklists are appropriate and provided to requesting commands.
• Ensure deployment services and information are provided to mobilized reservists and family members.
• Ensure deployment services and information are provided to individual augmentees and family members.
• Provide training, briefs/workshops and programs covering Deployment to Command Family Readiness Groups to include Deployment and Mobilization Support, Repatriation of Noncombatant Evacuees, Ombudsman Training and Support, Relocation Assistance, Life Skills Education, Transition Assistance, Family Employment Readiness, Personal Financial Management, Exceptional Family Member Non-Medical Case Management, and Emergency Preparedness/Response to include Non-Medical Case Management
• Provide aggressive command outreach and liaison is provided to ashore and afloat commands.
• Provide education and consultative services that support the mobile military lifestyle by facilitating career decision-making, personal financial management, job seeking, and adjustments of service and family members to life in the military and successful transitions from the military to civilian life.
• Ensure staff delivering deployment and mobilization support account for all services delivered in the scheduling module in FFSMIS.

This list is non-exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above.