North Birmingham Community Credit Union offers credit union services across the North East of the city including Erdington and Hodge Hill constituencies and the borough of Solihull.
North Birmingham Community Credit Union is a member owned, member run community organisation. We have over 30 volunteers who undertake a variety of tasks from cashier in a local community centre to Director. The Board of Directors who are elected by the members are all volunteers and have a wide variety of skills and experience.
We operate from a shop front in Erdington, which creates savings and loan opportunities for people who are excluded from other financing routes. We have a number of mini-branches across our catchment area.
North Birmingham Community Credit Union has secured funding through the Working Neighbourhoods Fund to promote financial inclusion through credit union membership to the residents of Hodge Hill constituency. This position is funded for the 12 months from 1/4/10-31/3/11.
Description and Purpose
To provide a financial capability service on behalf of NBCCU by:
Promoting credit union membership
Developing local collection centres across the Hodge Hill constituency including recruitment and training of volunteers.
Promoting financial literacy and the benefits of credit union membership in outreach to relevant groups and organisations within Hodge Hill constituency
and to contribute to the development of North Birmingham Community Credit Union to facilitate growth and future sustainability.
Duties and responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will include:
To raise credit union membership through identifying and providing outreach services to target groups in the Hodge Hill constituency.
To work with individuals and organisations to support existing credit union access points and to establish new ones in priority areas across the constituency.
To promote take up of the credit union addition services such as bill payment/debt management, insurance and loan products.
To develop close links to jubilee citizens enterprises to promote financial literacy courses and identify suitable candidates for this provision
Identifying key local networks and representing the credit union at an interagency level to influence local decision making and policy setting with regard to financial exclusion and the credit union’s potential.
Ensure targets are monitored and achieved in accordance with the Working Neighbourhoods Fund contract and NBCCU’s business plan.
To provide support and assistance to the Board of Directors, volunteers and committee members when required
To undertake any duties commensurate with the post
Further Enquiries, contact NBCCU on 0121 350 8883 or email
