Financial Inclusion Officer

Manchester - Agile

Salary: £36,293

Full Time, Permanent

Available to work during the hours of 8:00am – 7:00pm Monday – Friday and Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Closing Date: 18th November

Interview Date: TBC

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth. At One Manchester we’re passionate about improving lives and helping neighbourhoods thrive. Every day we provide homes and help communities to learn, manage their money, launch successful businesses and improve their employability.

You’ll provide a customer-focused financial inclusion service to help customers manage their finances and improve their financial capability avoiding legal action and potential eviction. This role will empower residents to sustain their tenancies. We deliver both welfare benefits advice and money guidance support. Informing residents of their welfare rights with the aim to ensure they are receiving all the benefits they are entitled to and support residents with possible grant and/or charity applications.

Experience we are looking for:

• Able to provide personal financial advice and guidance
• Knowledge and experience of provision of welfare benefits advice including relevant legislation such as Welfare Reform Act 2012
• Computer literate. Experience of housing management systems and case management systems.
• Able to design and deliver Financial Inclusion training courses for One Manchester customers
• Self motivated and able to work on own initiative to meet required deadlines
• A driving licence and ability to drive.

You must be able to work shifts during the hours of 8:00am – 7:00pm Monday – Friday and Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm. You must also be able to attend our outreach locations listed below as required: Gorton, Fallowfield, Hulme, Rusholme, Clayton. These may change from time to time.

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city. If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.