Senior Advice Officer - Chambers - _

Senior Advice Officer - Household Support & Advice Team

City Chambers

Salary: £40,501 - £47,639

Hours:

36 per week

Are you an experienced adviser, competent in money and/or welfare rights advice?

Keen for a new challenge joining a team that tackles and prevents poverty, that works in partnership with others and is developing links with community‑based services?

We are seeking 2 Senior Advice Officers who will work with locality‑based colleagues to provide a specialist casework service, working to Type III of the National Standards for Information & Advice Providers.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake specialist advice provision across both money and welfare rights advice, while assisting colleagues and service users with all aspects of advice provision and developing the service to maximise accessibility and impact.
• Work closely with others across the Council and with creditors, Department for Work and Pensions, Social Security Scotland, voluntary sector, statutory services and NHS provision.
• Offer a person‑centred, outcome‑focused intervention to all age groups to tackle inequality, poverty and maintain tenancies, demonstrating excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Contribute to the Council's prevention and early intervention approaches to addressing poverty and homelessness, helping to develop, deliver and improve integrated services for individuals and households.
• Participate in on‑the‑job training and continuous learning, demonstrating a commitment to ongoing professional development.

This post requires a Basic Disclosure; preferred candidates will be required to obtain the Disclosure prior to a formal offer of employment by the City of Edinburgh Council.

On accepting an unconditional offer, you will be required to provide a Basic Disclosure and, if you have spent 3 months or more outside the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check. Both checks must be deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care‑experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience.

Disabled and care‑experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities:

During the interview process we will assess how you bring the Council's Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page:
Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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