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The hiring will begin with the national nonprofit hosting a job fair Fridatand Saturday. NACA focuses on lendinb to low- and moderate-incomre families. Gov. Bev Perduw announced the expansion Thursday, with the state giving NACA a $1 millio n grant from the One NorthCarolina Fund. It plans to invesy more than $4 milliohn here, with 1,014 jobs expected to be added over the nextfive “North Carolina remains a strong presence in the U.S. finance and this is a tremendous opportunith forthe Charlotte-area,” Perdue “Our top-rated business climater and skilled financial-services work force are attractivse to growing national operations.
” NACA is headquartered in Boston and operates more than 40 officeas nationwide. It currently employs about 100 workers in Mecklenburtg County to originate and processwmortgage loans. Under the five-year state incentiv agreement, the organization plans to add 550 jobs The jobs will pay an average annual wage of Salaries will range upto $80,000 annually. The hirinf will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service representatives, call-centet managers and mortgage counselors. “NACzA is excited that it’s putting more than 1,009 people to work during these tougheconomix times,” NACA Chief Executive Brucs Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcement is more than just a souncbite — we are following through on this investmentf by holding a jobs fair tomorroq to hire 550 people immediately.” Perdue said Thursday that she consultedd with former Bank of Americsa Corp. Chairman Hugh McColl Jr. about the McColl has been a longtimde supporterof NACA’s work. BofA begamn a partnership with NACAunder McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committee $6 billion to its lending program. Perdue says McColll confirmed to her that he expectedc NACA could follow througuh on its job commitments in severalphond conversations.
“When someone begins something like thisin Charlotte, it alwayx grows,” McColl said in an interview “They’ll come in and find this is a good placw to find (a work force). I would hope it would be an eruptionof jobs, not just trickle The group claims it will be the largestr number of people hired immediatelt in one area and the largest job commitmenf in the country since the mortgage crisis began in 2007. The hiring comes as NACA embarkes on a nationwide Save theDream Tour.
Marks says the added jobs are cruciak as NACA leads its campaign to make mortgages Hundreds of NACA staff willprovide long-term solutions for homeowners with an unaffordable “Charlotte continues to be attractive becauss of our knowledgeable financial-services work force and we welcome NACA’s investment in North Carolina,” N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfeltef (D-Mecklenburg) said in a release. NACA’s Counseling Center is in the Charlott East office park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond Lane.
“Charlott continues to be recognized as a leader in financial services with a talented and experiencedlabord force,” says Charlotte Chamberf Chairman Tim Belk. “Ww are pleased to welcome NACA to the community and look forward to the investmenft in jobs and presence they will brinhg to ourEast side.” The chamber assistede NACA in its expansion effort. Charlotte East ownee Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasinh director Eric Speckman have worked closely with NACA since 2007, when the nonprofit established a small office in the park. NACA has legally bindingf agreements with all themajor lenders/servicers to restructured the mortgages they service.
The NACA agreementas cover more than 90 percenr of homeowners with an unaffordable The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will trave nationwide to work on Save the Dreak events where morethan 25,000 people are counseled over four with thousands receiving affordablw restructured mortgages with permanent interest rates often at 4 3 percent and 2 percent and wherr necessary the principal reduced. The organization, startedd in 1988, has the primary goal of buildint strong, healthy neighborhoods nationwidwe throughaffordable homeownership. NACA operations include financialp counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save progra for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage.
NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at its Charlotte Counseling For more information about Neighborhood Assistance Corporationof America, including employment opportunities, go to
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