Job description
- Provide financial counselling & assistance to consumers with financial difficulties
- Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.
- Part-time (38 hours per fortnight), Maximum term until 30/06/2024, in Broadmeadows
About the opportunity
As a Financial Counsellor, you will provide information, options, support and advocacy to consumers who find themselves in financial difficulties.
In this role, you will:
- Provide financial counselling and assistance including advocacy, planning, and provision of advice and information to consumers experiencing financial difficulties
- Provide tailored responses to consumers from varied backgrounds and levels of disadvantage to help build financial literacy.
- Build referral pathways and collaboration in provision of support to consumers and their families.
- Provide community education and promotion of Uniting’s financial counselling services.
Click here to view the attached Position Description.
What’s on offer
- In addition to base salary plus superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and access to the full $15,900 salary packaging benefits.
- Paid Parental Leave for up to 10 weeks.
- 10% gap discount for childcare services with Uniting Early Learning
About you
You are looking to join an organisation that truly supports vulnerable Victorians and Tasmanians to improve their lives.
To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will have:
- A Diploma of Financial Counselling
- A Membership of Financial Counselling Victoria
- Demonstrated knowledge of casework issues as related to the target group, including an awareness of financial hardship, family violence and cultural sensitivity.
- Demonstrated capacity to:
- Provide energy and/or financial literacy information to residential households, community groups and other related organisations,
- Actively participate in relevant networks and to liaise with support agencies,
- Respectfully discuss billing/financial issues, and
- Advocate payment arrangements and access to consumer schemes and other services.
- Knowledge of policies and practices of major creditors and the ability to identify the appropriate legislation which applies to particular debts.
How to apply
Click Apply Now to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.
Please note, interviews may commence prior to application’s closing.
If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Becky Herridge – Senior Manager, Financial inclusion on 0429 363 297 (during business hours) or becky.herridge@vt.uniting.org using the subject line: Financial Counsellor – Broadmeadows enquiry via EthicalJobs.
About Uniting
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.
Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org
Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.
Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.