CRA Community Outreach Specialist

MidFirst is committed to complying with regulatory requirements including the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in a proactive and collaborative manner.  To achieve corporate objectives, MidFirst seeks a CRA Outreach Specialist (COS) to assist in the identification of CRA opportunities in collaboration with internal and external parties.  This position will be responsible for coordinating MFB business unit outreach opportunities in support of CRA strategies, for enhancing MidFirst community development activities, and for documenting performance results.   They will demonstrate a strong commitment to ongoing CRA community financial services education, being a subject matter expert in identifying and documenting creative lending and investment opportunities, coordinating support for community groups and establishing new relating to efficiencies and enhancements of the overall CRA Program.

This role will require researching, documenting, and evaluating CRA lending and deposit programs of CRA audiences, providing market analysis of MidFirst’s activities in relation to the industry performance and economic and demographic metrics, and supporting CRA activities of business units.  The position will also prepare and submit reports to third parties in relation to MidFirst CRA activities. 

The COS will report CRA information to business units relating to CRA efforts and will provide ongoing reporting to CRA and Executive Management relating to goals and strategies established by management.  The COS will collaborate with other members of the CRA Department in assessing MidFirst’s CRA performance.

This position requires demonstrated engagement experience with community groups and in identifying and documenting the CRA qualification criteria of MidFirst CRA activities.  The position will be responsive to business unit requests relating to CRA compliance for community development loans, investments and services.  The candidate will conduct and coordinate CRA financial education services, including creation of presentation materials, coordinate with internal parties such as Marketing, Compliance, and Lending Units to ensure information meets MidFirst branding requirements and to coordinate outreach opportunities for MidFirst personnel.  The individual will collaborate with external groups and internal business units.  The candidate will assist with the documentation of community needs and MidFirst’s impact on those communities. 

Position Requirements:

• Must have the ability to assess potential community contacts for alignment with MidFirst’s corporate strategies and CRA mission
• Candidates should possess skills to create efficiencies in repetitive processes and to assess reasonableness and consistency of data in relation to expectations 
• A bachelor’s degree is required
• Exceptional organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Seeking a self-starter with outstanding professional communication skills including effective presentation skills   
• Ability to think critically and creatively
• Strong analytical abilities
• Strong project management skills
• CRA knowledge would be preferred 
• In addition to technology and database understanding, a minimal understanding of control concepts would be useful in controlling the flow of data from various reporting units through data output
• Success candidates will exhibit a desire and creativity to identify and develop the process beyond stated objectives in a manner that is most efficient
• Position requires a minimum of 3 years of relevant US based experience
• To be considered for this position you must reside within the operating area. 

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