Financial Counsellor
- Permanent full-time (will consider part-time 0.8FTE), subject to continuation of funding
- Base salary range of $102,810 per annum plus 12% superannuation (including leave loading)
- SCHADS level 5/1
- Based in Adelaide with assertive outreach to clients in greater Adelaide
- Suitably qualified and experienced First Nations candidates are encouraged to apply
Employee benefits
- Salary packaging options available
- 6 weeks annual leave (pro-rata if part-time)
- 5 days additional “mini-break”
- $500 wellbeing payment per annum (not cumulative)
About MoneyMob Talkabout
MoneyMob Talkabout isn’t your average not-for-profit. We’re a values-led mob on a mission to make sense of money – for everyone. We work alongside Anangu communities across Adelaide, the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, and the Northern Territory, delivering financial counselling, capability casework, and education programs that make a real difference.
We are seeking candidates who:
- Have maturity and life experience.
- Live with integrity and have a passion for First Nations self-determination in Australia.
- Are open, transparent and inclusive.
- Are life-long learners, flexible and adaptable to our organisational culture
- Have clients’ needs at the heart of their work.
- Want to work for a specialist organisation with a strong purpose.
Our Values
These values guide all aspects of our work including our service delivery, advocacy, governance and management.
COURAGE: We are committed to advocating strongly for change and creating a more just and inclusive environment.
EMPOWERMENT: We work to support First Nations people to be in control and work towards achieving independence, rights, opportunities and recognition of the inherent value of their culture and communities.
INTEGRITY: Honesty, openness, accountability, fairness and inclusiveness must be at the core of everything we do and are.
INSIGHT: Our actions and services are grounded in our organisational knowledge, evidence and ethics; the wisdom of the people, organisations and communities working alongside us; current thinking and research about what works nationally and internationally.
INNOVATION: We are a creative and agile organisation, motivated to continually improve, adapt and develop innovative solutions that add value and are valued by the communities we work with.
About the Role
The Financial Counsellor will be based in Adelaide, co-located with the DHS SA Remote Visitor Outreach team. We undertake financial counselling and capability casework using an “assertive outreach” model. This means, we go to Anangu homes and community locations to undertake our work where people feel comfortable.
Our Financial Counsellors provide casework from a holistic, trauma- informed and culturally respectful approach. Through comprehensive case planning and extended support, they help clients and their families better address the issues underlying their financial stress; negotiate, advocate and support people to move towards financial resilience and wellbeing through building their skills and knowledge. Our Adelaide program has a strong focus on assisting people to maintain successful tenancies.
The Financial Counsellor should have:
- Diploma of Community Services – Financial Counselling
- Minimum of two years’ experience in community services work with complex clients (experience with First Nations clients and/or in a remote setting highly desirable)
- Passion for social and economic justice and an understanding that poverty is political and structural
- Skills/experience in case management, including the ability to support clients with meeting needs, goal setting, behaviour change, and advocacy
- Excellent verbal, written, organisational, IT and problem solving skills
In Your First Six Months You’ll:
- Meet your colleagues and clients
- Undertake cultural awareness and trauma informed practice training
- Get out into the community through assertive outreach – visiting local cultural organisations and contacts
- Work collaboratively within a holistic, trauma-informed and culturally respectful framework – and help shape how we do things together
- Be part of a passionate, supportive team that values laughter, openness, and shared learning in a workplace where every voice matters
Note: Community work requires good psychological and physical fitness. Due to the demands of the environment, this type of work is not recommended for people who have or are experiencing significant and unresolved trauma/mental ill health, major life upheavals or certain physical/chronic illnesses.
Next Steps:
If you are considering applying for the role, please read the position description carefully. The position description can be found here https://moneymob.org.au/jobs/
To discuss the role, please contact Karen Hoffensetz on 0437 063 451.
Applicants must address the selection criteria (no more than two pages) and provide references from two recent direct supervisors.
Please Note: Interviews may take place as suitable applications are received.
