Financial Capability Worker

UnitingCare Community; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 92,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging (NFP)

Parental leave 12 weeks

Diversity leave

Career development

Inclusive team environment

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland is seeking a Financial Capability Worker to join our Financial Resilience and Wellbeing Service in Rockhampton. The role focuses on delivering financial literacy education, supporting individuals and families through budgeting and informed money decisions, and co-leading group education activities in community settings.

The position involves mobile outreach, collaboration with partner organisations, and contributing to broader financial wellbeing initiatives; salaries are

Qualifications

• Completion of a Financial Literacy Skill Set, or willingness to obtain it within the first three months of employment.
• Diploma of Financial Counselling will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial literacy education via workshops and information sessions, focusing on changing financial behaviours.
• Work with individuals to develop strategies for longer-term budgeting and informed choices.
• Develop and deliver tailored group education activities on financial literacy to empower communities.
• Work in a mobile capacity in the community, co-locating with organisations to improve client access.
• Contribute to community education initiatives raising awareness of financial wellbeing.

Skills

Financial literacy

Workshop delivery

Budgeting knowledge

Community engagement

Education

Certificate III in Community Services

Diploma of Financial Counselling (preferred/considered)

Job description

Financial Capability Worker | Financial Resilience & Wellbeing Service | Rockhampton

Employment Term: Maximum Term to 30 June 2027, Full Time (38 hours per week)

Location: Rockhampton

Remuneration: $46.70 per hour + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take-home pay)

Close Date: Applications will be reviewed as they are received and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

We are seeking a Financial Capability Worker to join our Financial Resilience and Wellbeing Service—a free, confidential service supporting individuals and families experiencing financial hardship, stress, anxiety and mental health challenges. In this role, you will support those accessing the service to create positive and practical outcomes.

The Financial Capability Worker works with clients and the community on a one‑on‑one basis as well as group settings to ease the hardship of people in financial difficulty or crisis by helping people build longer‑term capability to budget and manage their money better and make informed choices.

As a Financial Capability Worker, you will

Deliver financial literacy education, by way of workshops, information sessions, and maintain a strong focus on supporting people to change behavioural patterns.

Work with individuals to create strategies to develop a longer-term capability to budget and manage their money and make informed choices.

Develop and deliver tailored group community education (financial literacy) activities with a focus on empowerment and building resilience by providing strategies and awareness of current needs and issues which facilitate early intervention outcomes.

Work in a mobile capacity in the community, co‑locating with organisations to ensure accessibility to clients in need.

Contribute to community education initiatives that raise awareness of financial wellbeing issues.

What makes a difference for us?

Completion of a Financial Literacy Skill Set, or willingness to obtain it within the first three months of employment. A Certificate III in Community Services is preferred.

Currently undertaking a Diploma of Financial Counselling will be highly regarded.

Demonstrated competency in financial literacy and knowledge of interventions and approaches to empower individuals and families to make informed budgeting choices

Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the creation and delivery of workshops and presentations in a variety of settings

Membership of eligibility for membership with Financial Counselling Queensland (FCQ).

Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work‑life balance.
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take‑home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months’ service, in addition to the government scheme.
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events.
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others.

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second‑largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not‑for‑profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple–everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long‑term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email **************@ucareqld.com.au

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.