Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

Our recruitment process:

Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious. 

Following your application being reviewed, you can expect the below:

Stage 1 - Call with Anna Griffin, Talent Acquisition Partner about the role & your experience.

Stage 2 - Interview & role related task

Closing date: 9am Monday 18th March

About the role:

This is a brand new role within a brand new team; offering a great opportunity to help us shape the team & future! Our Financial Health team will work to identify solutions for customers showing signs of potential financial difficulty. This position will help train, coach and maintain competency for colleagues working in the department. Our Competency Coach will work collaboratively alongside our Leadership, Quality Assurance, Training & Development and Academy teams to deliver training and development needs to new and existing colleagues within the Financial Health team to ensure Fair Customers Outcomes consistent with high levels of competency.

This role will work shifts between 8am - 8pm Monday - Saturday.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for delivery of highly engaging session plans and effective briefings, to our Financial Health team on a face-to -face basis and remotely (via Zoom)
• Be a technical expert around Starling’s policies and procedures, including regulations
• Be a knowledge expert in relation to pre arrears activities, vulnerable customers in early financial difficulty 
• Be a knowledge expert in relation to customer service key contact reasons
• Support the Academy lead in delivery of reference material & route to competency tests to ensure the effectiveness in producing competence levels required
• Maintain and develop skills by supporting the operational team tasks regularly, remaining close to our customers
• Assess the quality of learning and knowledge using creative and varied methods to measure competency
• Support change related activities in particular training and embedding of new procedures and processes
• Promote self development & self serve tools such as ‘Confluence’
• You will provide ongoing support to individuals as needed to help them deliver positive customer outcomes in line with the needs of the business and regulatory requirements
• You will make recommendations to further improve the individual and customer experience, providing feedback and process improvement opportunities to the operational leads
• You will have responsibility for ensuring all training and briefing records are kept up to date and work with the team leads to ensure skill levels are correctly recorded

Requirements

Experience:

• Up to date knowledge of FCA regulatory requirements, in particular CONC and Principle 7
• Previous experience in Pre Arrears Financial Services/Collections environment (Retail)
• Experience of working in a customer facing role within a  Financial Services environment
• Proven experience of delivering coaching and facilitation of training within a regulatory environment

Behaviours:

• Act as a role model and be an advocate for Starling’s culture and values
• Integrity- Always do the right thing for our customers, colleagues and Starling. 
• A positive “can-do” attitude whilst working in a changeable environment.
• Effective communication style that’s adaptable 
• Proactive, self motivated and takes ownership
• A positive “can-do” attitude whilst working in a changeable environment.
• Effective communication style that’s adaptable 
• Proactive, self motivated and takes ownership
• Leads by example , happy to the job asked of others
  Keeps things simple

Skills:

• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, comfortable presenting in large groups and conducting role plays
• Ability to create professional ,effective training and briefing material from procedural and policy documentation
• Able to identify and support individuals learning needs
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with key stakeholders 
• Ability to work at pace whilst ensuring accuracy of work, being agile in planning and prioritising in a changing, busy environment

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

About us:

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

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