Welfare Benefits Adviser (Trainee considered

Welfare Benefits Adviser (Trainee considered)

Location:

Hybrid role working between home/offices and presence at outreaches across Bradford & Airedale

Hours:

Full-time (37 hours per week)

Bradford and Airedale Citizens Advice & Law Centre is a leading provider of legal advice and information, supporting thousands of clients every year. We are a busy, client focused and dynamic service with a track record of delivering high quality advice.

Our Welfare Benefits team provide a professional welfare benefits advice service, which enables clients to understand their entitlement to welfare benefits and eligibility criteria.

The post holder will work as part of a well-established team, providing a reliable and effective welfare benefits advice service, across all advice channels and access points, utilised by Bradford and Airedale Citizens Advice & Law Centre

As a Welfare Benefits Adviser/ Trainee, you will have/develop a detailed understanding of the welfare benefits system. Working as part of our welfare benefits team, you will provide client support over the phone, digitally and in-person. To be successful in this role you will be able to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, exhibit excellent listening and questioning skills and to present and conduct yourself in a professional and courteous manner with all clients seeking support.

You will liaise with contacts within the DWP to find resolutions for escalated issues and you will understand the importance of security and data protection.

You will have a good standard of numeracy to perform benefit check calculations to aid the advice process and be proficient in the use of computer packages with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

You will have an open and friendly demeanour and be able to work as part of a diverse team.

Please be aware that Bradford and Airedale Citizens Advice & Law Centre are not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore, the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently. Verification of your right to work will be undertaken for successful candidates.

Interview date:

- Monday 14th September 2026