Financial Relief Specialist - Flexible Working Options
Position: Financial Resilience Officer
Salary: £35,235 - £41,511 per annum
Location: Honiton (Home Working)
Hours: Full Time - 37 hours (flexible working may be considered)
Contract: Fixed Term - 6 months
About the Role: East Devon District Council is committed to tackling poverty and this creative role plays an integral part in aiding the production of the Council's anti-poverty strategy. In this interesting and varied role, you will need to think outside the box and source ways to support people who are facing hardship and living in poverty. This will include accessing discretionary funding as appropriate and working in partnership with other organisations including Citizens Advice East Devon, Department for Works and Pensions, Housing Associations, food banks, and community groups in the voluntary sector. If you are passionate about addressing the underlying root causes of poverty and motivated to be part of building a long-term solution for our residents, we want to hear from you.
Benefits: You will have access to excellent benefits including generous annual leave, flexitime, access to a Local Government Pension Scheme, and salary sacrifice cycle scheme. In addition, you'll be encouraged to take advantage of learning and development opportunities.
About You: With a good standard of education (GCSEs or equivalent), you will ideally have knowledge of Welfare Benefits, Council Tax, and debt recovery legislation, as well as up-to-date knowledge of Housing, local and national policies. You should have the ability to review finances and budgets to help residents maximise income and minimise expenditure. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to enable effective communication with a wide range of people, explaining complex legislation in a straightforward way and discussing sometimes difficult and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy.
You will need to be a team player and self-motivated to organise and manage your own workload whilst also possessing problem-solving skills to find innovative and creative solutions to the issues facing our residents. A valid driving license and own car are essential (reasonable adjustments may be possible according to the Equality Act).
About Us: Our recent Local Government Association Peer Challenge highlighted that EDDC is a great place to work, with engaged staff and members. You will be part of a Gold Investors in People (IiP) organisation that works together with local people to create great value services and an outstanding community, economy, and environment in which people want to live, work, visit, and enjoy now and for future generations. With our wide range of health and wellbeing benefits, our highly flexible and collaborative hybrid Worksmart arrangements, and our commitment to continuous learning and development, you can be confident of joining a dedicated community of colleagues who are Happy, Healthy, and Here.
Application Process: For more about working for East Devon District Council, visit jobs.eastdevon.gov.uk. To apply online, please visit jobs.eastdevon.gov.uk or for an informal discussion, please contact Sharon Church, Benefits & Financial Resilience Manager on 01395 571791 or email schurch@eastdevon.gov.uk. To apply, please click Apply Now.
Closing Date: 26th January 2025
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