Advocate; Pool

As a housing advocate with Housing Rights, you will help us work toward our vision of everyone having a home.

You will do this by:

• providing specialist advice, advocacy and representation on the core areas of homelessness, housing debt and housing issues whilst adhering to legal and organisational requirements
• providing support to agencies through training, information, signposting or referrals
• implementing appropriate case strategies
• contributing to the development of housing legislation and policy through practice-based comment
• complying with the organisational quality standards required to maintain the external quality accreditation

The post holder will be required to have:

• a minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grades A-C (or equivalent), to include English Language and Mathematics
• evidence of relevant qualification in relevant discipline (for example, housing, law or advice)
• at least 12 months full time (or equivalent part time) experience gained in providing telephone, written and face-to-face housing or debt advice to the public, in a social welfare context
• at least 12 months full time (or equivalent part time) experience providing advocacy and representation, in the context of handling a challenging caseload (i.e. beyond advice only, signposting and referrals)
• demonstrated ability to see cases through to completion in accordance with organisational objectives
• demonstrated experience of achieving positive outcomes via legal, social security benefits or housing casework
• skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications (for example, Teams, Outlook, Word)

The closing date for this post is midday on 3 March 2026.

Email completed application and equal opportunities monitoring forms to recr by the closing date. Late applications will not be accepted.