Financial Inclusion

**Job Description**:
**Job Title: Financial Inclusion officer**
Location: Harrow Council (Hybrid working)
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for Harrow Council
Contract Type: Temporary ongoing
Hours of Work: 36 hours per week
Overview of a Financial Inclusion officer
Pertemps have an exciting opportunity within Harrow Council for a self-driven and motivated Financial Inclusion officer to join an expanding team. The role of Financial Inclusion officer has a competitive pay rate of £17.40 per hour PAYE. Other benefits include excellent training and support for career development and 21 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays).
The Main Purpose of a Financial Inclusion officer:
" To be responsible for providing a holistic package of support and interventions to tenants at risk of financial exclusion.
" To ensure that income to the organisation is maximised by working closely across specialisms within the service to develop strategies to prevent the accrual or debt amongst vulnerable groups.
" To work in partnerships with Communities and Customer Relations Team, key stakeholders or other services/ institutions to deliver the financial inclusion objectives of HFH, to include wide range of programmes such as access to affordable credit reducing loan sharks, partnerships with banks, credit unions and other financial products e.g. home insurance, fuel poverty, signposting, toolkits, basic bank accounts, financial literacy training.
" To forge close links/partnerships with the Council, RSLs, credit unions, CAB and other services/external agencies to continuously develop and improve services and products available for residents.

" To assist residents to maximise their financial opportunities as well as protecting HFH's financial position by ensuring maximum income from rent service charge and housing benefit (Universal Credit) and direct payment or Direct Debit.
" Arrange home visits and personal contact with individual residents to carry out financial capability assessments, income/benefit maximisation reviews and ensure tailored actions/support plans are delivered and successful outputs attained.
" To fully utilise IT systems to prepare and collate statistical or performance information, to demonstrate outputs attained. Providing analysis and taking corrective actions to achieve targets set.

" Experience of working within a social housing setting or understanding the needs and issues faced by vulnerable or disadvantaged tenants at risk of financial exclusion
" Good knowledge of housing and welfare benefits, universal credit, legislation, policies, and issues relating to income maximisation and debt prevention

" Knowledge of financial and banking regulations
" High level of numeracy and literacy
" Experience of providing training and awareness raising initiatives and campaigns to maximise financial capability
" Experience of developing financial and digital inclusion strategies and successful attainment of objectives including
About Us
" For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.
" Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.