Cost of Living Advice Worker

3 weeks ago


Stirling, United Kingdom Stirling Credit Union Ltd Full time

**Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people in your community?**:

- **Do you enjoy working in a team and welcome a degree of autonomy?**:

- **Do you want to boost your skills and experience, benefitting from respected training?**

This post has been created to respond to need in our community, which is escalating because of the current Cost of Living Crisis.

The post represents an exciting, unique and innovative collaboration between **Stirling Credit Union (SCU)** and Stirling District Citizens' Advice Bureau Ltd (CAB), and is funded by **Stirling Council.**

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, personable individual, who’s wanting to make a difference and help us shape this new concept.

Hours are flexible to meet the demands of the service. This post will require occasional evening and weekend work. Your working pattern (to fit with your needs) is open to discussion.

This role offers hybrid working: a flexible blend of in-office (Stirling city centre), remote, and field-based working. The split between office-, field
- and home-working will be determined by the needs of the service and the worker’s accreditation.

This role requires the post holder to have a current full driving licence and access to personal transport (e.g. motorbike, car). Travel expenses incurred in the performance of the role will be reimbursed through our expenses process.

The worker will be trained by both organisations, including:

- Completion of the CAB Advisor Training programme, with the potential to achieve CAB’s full generalist advisor certification.
- Completion of SCU’s induction training. Training in the use of SCU’s online, mobile and paper-based services.
- Completion of regulatory training pertinent to CAB and SCU (safeguarding, case recording, GDPR, Money Laundering, etc).

**Person Specification**

Essential
- Experience working as a member of a team.
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Confident and competent presenting to groups of people.
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Competence in the use of IT packages (e.g. Microsoft 365).
- Current clean driving licence and own transport.

Desirable
- Experience in in person centred advice, or an advocacy/representation role
- Experience of community development work in deprived communities
- Experience in the voluntary sector or CAB
- Experience of working in financially deprived communities / context
- Experience of supporting people with financial issues, including unmanageable debt, or providing financial advice.
- Knowledge of welfare benefits system
- Awareness of the needs of local communities in relation to financial capacity, financial literacy and financial resilience.
- Understanding of digital exclusion issues
- Understanding of the impact of the economic downturn in relation to vulnerable families

Work remotely
- Yes - as required

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 10 months

**Salary**: £27,117.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
We are operating our office with limited staff and social distancing. Remote working may be available to this role by agreement.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stirling FK8 1DU

Application deadline: 20/01/2023
Expected start date: 01/03/2023



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