Personal Finance Educator
About The Position
The Personal Finance Educator delivers FLY's core financial literacy curriculum to students in schools and community-based settings. This role is central to ensuring young people gain essential knowledge, confidence, and skills to make informed financial decisions. The educator works closely with partners, site staff, and the FLY team to deliver engaging and culturally responsive instruction. All FLY roles are expected to uphold and model our organizational values: Trust, Respect, Authenticity, Inclusivity, Transparency, and Self-Directedness. These values are embedded in how we lead, collaborate, and show up for our students, partners, and one another every day.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Finance, Youth Development, or a related field
- 1–3 years of teaching, training, or youth facilitation experience
- Strong content knowledge in personal finance or willingness to be trained
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills with youth and adults
- Ability to adapt to diverse environments and learning needs
- Basic financial literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to adapt curriculum to meet student needs
- Strong classroom management and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Google Workspace or Microsoft Office
- Frequent problem solving
- Strong written and verbal communication
- High level of organization and interpersonal skills
- Ability to concentrate and maintain focus
- Creativity in instructional delivery
- Flexibility to work with interruptions
- Ability to stand and walk for portions of the day
- Ability to sit for extended periods
- Frequent talking and listening
- Use of hands for handling materials and technology
- Occasional reaching with arms
- May occasionally lift up to 10 pounds
- Close and distance vision
- Ability to adjust focus
- Primarily applied to use of computers and instructional materials
Responsibilities
- Facilitate financial literacy programming aligned to FLY's curriculum
- Customize lessons to meet student needs while maintaining fidelity to learning objectives
- Ensure inclusive and interactive classroom environments that support diverse learners
- Collaborate with site personnel to support student participation and program logistics
- Maintain classroom management and instructional pacing aligned to the program schedule
- Track attendance, participation, and student progress
- Complete session summaries and student engagement logs
- Support pre/post assessments and share key learnings with the instructional team
- Provide feedback for program improvement and curriculum development
- Attend instructional team meetings and contribute to professional learning sessions
- Share best practices and participate in ongoing training
- Support outreach activities, special events, or public workshops as needed
- Participate in curriculum reviews, feedback sessions, or pilot testing of new materials
- Represent FLY at community events, partner meetings, or professional development sessions
- Assist in mentoring new educators and onboarding volunteers
- Contribute to cross-functional projects that support organizational priorities
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Programming and Operations or Executive Leadership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
