Hiring for 2 roles. 1 full-time at 37.5 hours per week, based in Aberdeen. 1 part-time (0.5 FTE) at 18.75 hours per week, based in Aberdeen or Dundee.
Do you have some experience of advice work, preferably with a focus on housing issues, and a real desire to advance your specialist level knowledge? Then join Shelter Scotland as we look to hire 2x Housing Rights Workers and you could soon be playing a vital role in helping to identify and resolve the homelessness and bad housing issues facing local communities.
About the role
In our Community Team, we identify, investigate and intervene in housing and homelessness issues. We are engaged in our local communities to understand the housing issues people are facing, and we apply our expertise to work toward solutions. Lived experience of the housing emergency is at the heart of everything we do.
About you
Already with some relevant experience, you’re used to working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, have great time management skills and enjoy collaborating with people from other teams and organisations. The ability to listen to, engage and empower individuals and communities will be key. So will your willingness to challenge practice and hold people to account – including influencing decision makers. Adept at presenting information and arguments in clear and compelling ways, you have a real enthusiasm for delivering w...