Housing Advice Assistant - NAY17962

North Ayrshire Council; Irvine; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

North Ayrshire Council invites applications to join the Housing Advice Team, delivering housing advice and assistance to clients within North Ayrshire. This is a temporary 12-month appointment to support housing options, homelessness prevention and tenancy guidance.

The post operates under an agile workstyle, allowing work at home, in the office or at multiple locations. Interviews may be in person or via Microsoft Teams, with reasonable adjustments available throughout the process.

Job description

Job Summary

Temporary for 12 months

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Housing Advice Team who deliver housing advice and assistance to clients within North Ayrshire.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the Staff values and behaviours (north-ayrshire.gov.uk) .

Additional Information

References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

Agile - 100% of time spent working agile (flexibly) and interacting with others. Able to work at home, office or multiple locations. May be required to attend office on set days/rota basis as the role requires.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: Agile

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide - Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

Use of AI in Applications

Applicants may use AI tools to assist with drafting or refining their application. However, AI should only be used to enhance an application and must not replace personal experience or be used to generate content wholly on the applicant's behalf. Where it is identified that AI has been used to create an application in full or to falsify responses, this will be take n into ac count withi n the scoring, and your application may not be progresse d.