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Can you work alongside people with a Learning Disability to create and provide Financial Literacy learning content in an engaging, clear and accessible way?
 
We are recruiting for a Financial Literacy Facilitator to join our team on a fixed term contract for 12 months, working full time (37.5 hours per week). 
 
We are looking for someone with experience of co-production to design and deliver a range of training modules on subjects such as:

• budgeting
• benefits
• bank accounts
• and others as guided by the co-production process

The Financial Literacy Facilitator role covers England,  so some travelling and overnight stays will be required, to make sure that a wide variety of people with a Learning Disability are able to collaborate with you.
 
The modules will be delivered both face to face, and online - so you will need some design skills and the ability to make accessible resources that can be used effectively over a number of channels. This post is funded by BNY. 
 
Please see the attached job description for full details. Please apply now if you feel this role is for you. This vacancy will close on Thursday 5th September and interviews will take place from 11th September onwards. 
 
Job ID: 32359
We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.

Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.  
Our work includes;

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through our help lines and web sites