Money Matters Coach
Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.
Location: This role is a desk-based role with ability to visit customers and work out of community hubs and home working (Designated Office – Memorial House, Coalville)
Hours: 35 hours per week, working Monday to Friday
Salary: £32,170 - £35,744 per annum (RFJ 6)
The role
As a Money Matters Coach, you will support emh residents by providing money advice services; by identifying the appropriate means of support to increase financial independence and minimise financial hardship.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
* To deliver emh's Money Matters financial advice, including assessing individuals finances, promoting, and signposting to support
* Providing appropriate advice and assistance to enable the customer to maximise their income including benefit entitlement and income and expenditure reviews
* Managing a caseload of residents with a range of complex welfare benefit issues
* Maintaining regular contact with customers during the lifespan of the case and completing cases in accordance with the procedure
The ideal candidate will have:
* Experience of delivering welfare benefits advice to different client groups.
* Experience of working with customers in financial difficulties and supporting them
* Able to listen, question, show empathy and relate well to people from all backgrounds
* Able and willing to work in partnership with others, internally and externally
* A genuine passion for supporting people to maximise their financial capability
* Be flexible, embrace change and be open to new ways of working and ideas
Customer service is key in this role, and we would love to hear from you if you have:
* Excellent communication, influencing, negotiating, and decision-making skills
* Well organised and able to prioritise and juggle competing priorities, and deliver work to agreed deadlines and standards
* Enjoy problem solving and finding solutions to help others
For further information about the role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
How to apply
Please send an up- to-date CV with a covering letter of no more than 3 sides of A4, detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification. (Please note your covering letter and CV will need to be on the same document).
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