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The hiring will begin immediately, with the national nonprofit hostinf a job fair Fridayand Saturday. NACA focuses on lendinyg to low- and moderate-income families. Gov. Bev Perduee announced the expansion Thursday, with the states giving NACA a $1 million grant from the One NorthCarolinz Fund. It plans to invest more than $4 million with 1,014 jobs expected to be added over the nextfive “North Carolina remains a strong presencew in the U.S. finance sector, and this is a tremendous opportunityt forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue said.
“Our top-rates business climate and skilled financial-services work forcer are attractive to growing national NACA is headquartered in Bostohn and operates more than 40offices nationwide. It currently employ s about 100 workers in Mecklenburg County to originater and processmortgage loans. Under the five-yeard state incentive agreement, the organizatio n plans to add 550jobs immediately. The jobs will pay an averags annual wage of Salaries will range upto $80,000 annually. The hirinf will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service representatives, call-center managers and mortgagew counselors.
“NACA is excited that it’s puttingy more than 1,000 people to work durinbg these tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executive Bruce Marks said Thursday. “Today’s announcement is more than just a souncdbite — we are following through on this investmentr by holding a jobs fair tomorrow to hire 550 people immediately.” Perdue said Thursday that she consulted with forme r Bank of America Corp. Chairman Hugh McColl Jr. about the McColl has been a longtime supporterof NACA’sd work. BofA began a partnershipo with NACAunder McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committesd $6 billion to its lending program.
Perdue says McColl confirmed to her that he expected NACA could follow through on its job commitments in severalkphone conversations. “When someons begins something like thisin Charlotte, it always McColl said in an interview Thursday. “They’ll come in and find this is a good placwe tofind (a work force). I would hope it wouldr be an eruption of not justtrickle down.” The group claims it will be the largesg number of people hired immediately in one area and the largestt job commitment in the country sincwe the mortgage crisis began in 2007. The hiring comes as NACA embarks on a nationwide Save theDream Tour.
Marks says the added jobs are crucial as NACA leads its campaigj to makemortgages affordable. Hundredse of NACA staff will provided long-term solutions for homeowners with anunaffordable “Charlotte continues to be attractive because of our knowledgeables financial-services work force and we welcomed NACA’s investment in North Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter (D-Mecklenburg) said in a release.
NACA’s Counselingb Center is in the Charlotte East officee park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond “Charlotte continues to be recognized as a leadetr in financial services with a talentede and experienced labor force,” says Charlotte Chambedr Chairman Tim Belk. “We are please to welcome NACA to the community and look forward to the investment in jobs and presence they will brin g to ourEast side.” The chamber assisted NACA in its expansio effort. Charlotte East owner Roger Kellogg, principalk of , and leasing director Eric Speckmajn have worked closely with NACAsince 2007, when the nonprofir established a small office in the park.
NACA has legallyg binding agreements with all themajor lenders/servicers to restructurd the mortgages they service. The NACA agreements covee more than 90 percent of homeowners with anunaffordablwe mortgage. The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotts will travel nationwide to work on Save the Dream eventsa where morethan 25,000 people are counseled over four with thousands receiving affordable restructured mortgages with permanent interest rates oftenj at 4 percent, 3 percent and 2 percenyt and where necessary the principal The organization, started in 1988, has the primary goal of buildinyg strong, healthy neighborhoods nationwide through affordable homeownership.
NACA operationsz include financial counseling, specialized mortgage servicews and a Home Save program for homeowners with anunaffordables mortgage. NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridayt and Saturday at its Charlott eCounseling Center. For more information aboutr Neighborhood Assistance Corporationof America, includinf employment opportunities, go to
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