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Kingston Womens Centre, Remote
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Remote
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Voluntary

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Job description

finEQUITY

We support the upward mobility of justice impacted individuals by providing access to a suite of no-cost financial empowerment services.

Community members returning home from prison face a proliferation of credit, income, and capital challenges that deepen poverty and stifle opportunities for economic and social mobility. Prison stays preclude community members from advancing their financial histories while incarcerated and contribute directly to the build-up of negative wealth assets (e.g. high levels of debt, tarnished or invisible credit scores). Families with formerly incarcerated heads of households hold an average of $13K in criminal court-related debt, and 30% of those returning home from prison have no credit score whatsoever. As a result, formerly incarcerated community members and their loved ones face great difficulties accessing life-building assets, including safe and secure housing, reliable transportation, affordable phone and utility plans, and non-predatory financial services. This, in turn, threatens the ability of those coming home to remain in their community and furthers cycles of generational poverty for families impacted by incarceration.

finEQUITY offers a suite of no-cost, on-demand financial capability services to address the most common shared financial challenges experienced by community members after their release from a jail or prison facility. In 2022, we began offering a no-cost, no-consequence micro-loan that enabled formerly incarcerated community members to establish a credit score. We piloted a more holistic program in mid-2023; via a web-based app, we help formerly incarcerated individuals get matched to a no-cost, low-risk opportunity to establish or build credit. They can also get support for debt, car-buying and /or banking needs. We also now allow same-day access to a volunteer empowerment coach on demand for justice imapcted community members. Participants can earn nominal cash rewards or debt relief for their completed financial milestones.

Financial Coach

Volunteer Role Description (remote)

This is a remote lead volunteer opportunity for an individual with general knowledge in a few of the personal finance areas listed below.

About Us: We are a nonprofit startup with a mission to build tech-enabled tools that promote financial empowerment. finEQUITY’s goal is to accelerate the prison-to-prosperity pipeline and seeks to address the financial toll that incarceration has on (limited income) families by helping those impacted by incarceration fill financial voids, establish financial histories, and access anti-usury financial services.

Your Role

  • Respond to on-demand coaching support requests from members
  • Answer specific questions our members have regarding their unique financial goals and challenges.
  • Assist our members in assessing and resolving current financial challenges
  • Guide our members to make informed decisions that optimize their financial security.

Qualifications (Required):

  • Previous experience as a financial coach, counselor, advisor, or other role supporting people on their financial health journey
  • General knowledge in personal finance concepts, including at least a few of the following topics: 1) apartment costs, 2) homeownership, 3) credit building providers and strategies, 4) credit cards, 5) auto loans, 6) budgeting, 7) financial planning, 8) debt management, and 9) interpreting credit reports.
  • Good listener and self-starter with ability to work with minimal hands-on direction.
  • Experience and/or comfortability with Slack or similar instant messaging platform.
  • Availability: You must have the capacity to volunteer at least three to 8 hours a week.

Preferred:

  • Familiarity with and ability to demonstrate the use of tech-based/web-based financial wellness tools such as the creation of online budgets and debt reduction plans

Weekly Time Commitment

7-9 hours per week

Duration of Volunteer Role (remote)

3-5 months

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We Make Change View profile Organisation type Non Charity Employer Company size 1 - 5
Posted on: 30 October 2024
Closing date: 13 November 2024 at 14:44
Tags: Finance

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.