Customer Income Advisor

Can you deliver customer-centric welfare benefit advice and income maximisation?

SNG (Sovereign Network Group) is one of the largest housing associations in England. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across the South, West and East of England, including London, as well as building thousands of new affordable homes every year

We have an opportunity for a Customer Income Advisor to join our Customer Accounts team in Bristol.

This is a hybrid working role with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office

The Role

As a Customer Income Advisor, you'll provide our customers with budgeting and welfare benefit advice. This will include completing Income and Expenditure statements, giving budgeting advice, benefit & grant applications, and signposting for additional support. You'll be working with partners both internally and externally including Housing benefit, Department of Works and Pensions and independent money, debt or legal advice services

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• An up-to-date working knowledge of the benefits system
• Experience of supporting customers to complete statements and applications
• The ability to work with internal and external partners to achieve the best outcome for the customer
• Experience of supporting vulnerable customers with kindness and empathy
• Effective decision-making skills, a diplomatic and confidential approach and the ability to prioritise a busy workload.

As you'll need to travel in this role, having a car and full driving licence is essential

A DBS check will also be undertaken for the successful candidate

What we can offer you

As a member of the Customer Accounts Team you will be part of a friendly, dedicated and supportive working environment.

We invest in our people, and you will be able to develop your skills and be part of something that makes a real difference to people's lives. This role can give you the opportunity for a career within a successful and diverse organisation.

Great benefits including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)

• Option to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package

• 3 extra paid Wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days

• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary

• Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

• Enhanced paternity pay - 6 weeks full pay (after 26 weeks' service)

• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover

• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

If this sounds like the opportunity you're looking for, we'd love to hear from you.