Assistant Loan Officer

  • Loans Adminsitration / Underwriting
  • Telford
  • Part-time 21hrs p/w

Assistant Loans Administrator / Underwriter
Telford, in-person
Part-time, permanent, 21 hours per week (some flexibility available), 3x 7-hour shifts
£13.30 per hour (£26,000 FTE) + 37 days holiday including bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time hours) + Christmas bonus + NEST pension scheme

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and driven Loan Underwriter to join a well-established community organisation.
Our client is a not-for-profit financial institution, whose goal is to give back to the local community by providing ethical finance to those in need. Established for almost 30 years, they serve people who live in the area between Birmingham & the Welsh border.

They’re looking for an Assistant Loans Administrator / Underwriter who ideally has experience underwriting loans but failing that who at least has wider underwriting experience. This role will involve all aspects of manually underwriting loans and will also involve the administration of all things surrounding loans, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to make their own impact and be a key player of the small team at this ethical organisation.

The ideal candidate would be somebody who has loan underwriting experience and who is looking for part-time hours – possibly to accommodate childcare responsibilities. If this sounds like you and you’re ready for your next career move, read on to find out more…

The role
Day-to-day responsibilities
· Looking out for members’ needs and for vulnerability
· Championing daily loans-related administration tasks using IT skills & MS Excel proficiency
· Administration and underwriting of personal loans using a process that is partially manual and partially automatic

Why would you want this role?
· Work for a small organisation, giving you the opportunity to make your mark and have an impact
· Be part of a not-for-profit organisation that gives back to the local community
· Flexibility around choosing part-time hours (although these must be kept roughly the same each week)
· Help people to improve their financial situation

The Person
Essential
· Loans administration and/or underwriting experience
· Great communication skills
· IT literate including MS Excel
· Patience and understanding, particularly around dealing with potentially vulnerable people
· A good level of common sense, intuition, proactivity, and the ability to independently solve problems

Nice-to-have
· Financial services experience
· Ethical finance experience
· Other not-for-profit experience

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