Digital Adviser – Closing date 18 August at 5.00pm

Apr 26, 2022 In Jobs

Salary: £17,653.50pa  (£29,422.50 pa FTE)

Hours: Part-time – 3 days per (21.6 hours)

This is a new and exciting role allowing Citizens Advice Barnet to increase their digital advice offering.

Reporting to the Head of Services, you will have:

Relevant and ongoing recent experience of initial assessment and advice work with sufficient knowledge of benefits, housing, employment, consumer, immigration, and family advice issues to be able to make appropriate signposting and/or referral decisions

  • Ability to manage a caseload and prioritise work in the face of competing demands and to meet targets set by the line manager and funders
  • An excellent working knowledge of IT, with the ability to record casework, prepare letters and reports and record stats electronically

Benefits:

  • The opportunity to work for an independent charity specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems
  • Competitive salary
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Generous continual professional development allowance
  • Generous 36 days annual leave (pro rata for part time staff) – this includes 25 days + bank holidays + 3 days between Christmas and New Year
  • A challenging and varied role
  • A supportive team

Closing Date: 5pm on Thursday 18 August (applications may close earlier)

.  Previous applicants need not apply.

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Job Application (Digital Adviser)

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