Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advisor

The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is a national, free, confidential, and independent service, providing advice and support to people in debt or in danger of getting into debt. Each MABS company is rooted within the communities they serve, and staff work with clients to enable them to cope with immediate debt problems and assist clients with identifying appropriate solutions and advocate with creditors on their behalf.

Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advisor

Part Time (17.5 hours per week), North Leinster MABS – Kildare Service, based in Newbridge

Role

North Leinster MABS has a vacancy for a Part-Time, Fixed-Term Contract, Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Adviser. The Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Adviser will provide a free, independent, confidential money advice service to facilitate clients to deal with debt problems arising from mortgage arrears and to become financially independent in the long term.  Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Adviser also provide debt prevention education to the target group. For more information, please see the job description.

• This is a temporary position subject to completion of a six-month probationary period.  The DMA project is currently funded by the Citizens Information Board until 31 December 2027.
• Full Time Salary Scale: €37,460 to €53,961 (including 2 long service increments), pro-rata for part time staff.
• The position is based in the Newbridge Office of our Kildare Service.

• Incremental Credit: It is expected that all new entrants to MABS will be appointed at point one of the salary scale. However, North Leinster MABS operates an incremental credit process for appointments higher than point one. This process is applicable to new entrants into MABS. Incremental credit criteria, based on the competencies and essential criteria for the role, are assessed against employment history as laid out in the application form only. The decision on whether or not to award an incremental credit is a decision made by the Board and is subject to the availability of funding. See candidate pack for more information.

• A panel may be formed of qualified candidates from which temporary, part time Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advisers posts which arise within the next 12 months will be filled should vacancies arise in this period.  Posts will be located in the county of Kildare.
• Application Process: These details are outlined in the candidate pack.
• Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 17 July 2024. CVs and late and/or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Please note that MABS has established a normal retirement age in line with the State Pension (currently 66).

A detailed job description and application form together with further information on MABS can be accessed at:  https://mabs.ie/jobs/

For details on how your personal data will be used as part of this process our Data Protection Notice for Job Applicants is available here:

http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/en/data_protection/mabs.html

MABS is an equal opportunities employer.  

Funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board