As we continue our exciting growth plans in 2024 to deliver on our ambitious goals and refreshed strategy, we’re looking for a Programme Associate to join our Growth and Development Team. 

One of Fair4All Finance’s key strategic priorities is to develop, test and scale new financial products and services to address the current gaps in the market. This role will support the delivery of pilots for some of these products and services, ensuring that they meet the needs of customers and proving the delivery model for partners and funders. 

The role holder will initially support in coordinating the delivery of the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) pilot, which launched in autumn 2022 following a successful pre-pilot proof of concept and will support over 10,000 of the most vulnerable people in the UK, with the potential to impact thousands more if scaled up. The Programme Associate will work closely with the Programme Delivery Manager to coordinate budgets, timelines, contracting and relationships with a range of delivery partners, stakeholders, funders and specialist third-parties.

The role holder will also support the project management of the impact and process evaluation of the pilot, which will seek to evidence the benefits of the NILS pilot and whether there is a viable model that can be scaled-up.

Some key responsibilities

• Being the key day to day project management contact for pilot partners and ensuring partners are meeting their obligations, including compliance with centralised NILS processes

• Coordinating the pilot delivery, staying close to each lender’s product, process and progress, identifying continuous improvement opportunities and escalating any unexpected issues

• Supporting the convening of partner workshops and insight meetings with specialist external third parties

• Supporting the management of the overall pilot budget, updating projected spend and monitoring expenditure against budgets and funding allocations

• Working with the Programme Delivery Manager and internal finance team on the financial reporting processes for funders, including overseeing accurate reporting, monthly drawdowns, and bi-annual cash flow profiles and forecasting

Person specification 

Essential experience and capabilities 

To be successful you will need: 

• Passion for our mission to increase the financial resilience of people in vulnerable circumstances 

• Project management experience - working on large, multi-faceted projects, keeping project timelines on track, coordinating meetings and the day to day

• Supplier management experience - acting as the day to day point of contact for all contracted suppliers and understanding and supporting appropriate internal processes

• Financial management experience - tracking and monitoring costs, invoicing and budgets, and coordinating with internal teams on relevant approvals

• Ability to collaborate with and manage multiple stakeholders and multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable experience and capabilities 

It would be great if you also have: 

• Experience of working for a financial services organisation or with clients in the financial services sector, or experience of working with the social or impact investment, community finance sectors or public sector

• Technical accreditations or qualifications in MSP, PMP, Agile or equivalent will be looked on favourably but are not essential

Personal characteristics

We’d expect you to:

• Have a strong attention to detail

• Be able to deal with complexity and uncertainty and use your own initiative 

• Be good at building relationships

• Enjoy innovative and experimental ways of team working

• Seek continued learning and development 

• Have fun at work! We’re a small and passionate team and we’re excited to be able to work with like-minded people to drive change

Why work at Fair4All Finance

Fair4All Finance is a not for profit organisation founded in 2019 to improve the financial wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances by increasing access to fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services. 

There are at least 17.5m people in the UK in vulnerable financial circumstances, who are poorly served or unfairly excluded from mainstream financial services. That’s nearly a third of all adults in the UK.

We are funded from the Dormant Assets Scheme. The scheme is led by the financial industry and backed by the UK government. This makes it possible for money in dormant bank and building society accounts to be used to help good causes.

Our vision is of a society where the long term financial wellbeing of all people is supported by a fair and accessible financial sector. 

You can find more information on us and our work at www.fair4allfinance.org.uk.

Our Benefits include:

Financial Security:

• Pension, group life assurance, critical illness, and income protection, family leave

Wellbeing:

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, agile working, health cash plan, health & wellbeing resource hub (including an Employee Assistance Programme)

Fair4All Finance is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the people and communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop, and all team members can contribute to their fullest potential.

Applications are welcome from people of any age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. We are determined to ensure that all team members and applicants receive fair and equitable treatment or are not disadvantaged by any inappropriate conditions or requirements being placed on them.

When we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential team member may need to be successful. We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we reasonably can to accommodate flexible working.

Applications

• Please apply through Applied by noon on Wednesday 17 January 2024

We would recommend that if you are wanting to apply for this role, that you submit your application as soon as possible as we could close this advert sooner than the closing date stated above.

• Interviews will be held in late January 2024

• If you would like to have an informal chat about the role before applying, please email jobs@fair4allfinance.org.uk Please note that this mail box will be monitored over the Christmas break, so if you do have any questions or would like to know more, please get in touch!

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