Ad-hoc Housing Assistant

Hourly rate of pay: £15.16 - £16.30 Monday - Friday, 09:00-17:00 Starting and finishing times are flexible, and flexi time is applicable. To start asap. Home / Hybrid Working Consideration Applications for home or hybrid working will be considered for this post in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found here . Home or Hybrid working options can be discussed with candidates invited for interview. All home/hybrid workers must live in the UK. Where an application for home-working is supported, it will be subject to a satisfactory trial period. Employees will be expected to attend Council offices for the duration of induction, and be on site in East Lothian workplaces, as required. Employees with a hybrid working arrangement in place will be office based and able to work from home, with permission, on an ad hoc basis. To provide an effective and customer focused response for housing applicants, tenants, stakeholders and other professionals seeking services from the Housing Team. In doing so to provide housing options/advice and to arrange where required enhanced housing advice/options interviews. To provide support to the Community Housing & Housing Options Teams to deliver frontline housing services to applications, tenancies and stakeholders, also to play a role within the team in ensuring the council meets its obligations under the Social Housing Charter. Educated to “Higher” level, NC or SVQ level 2 in English and/or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competencies gained through relevant experience. If not already held, you will be required to undertake a period of study to attain the National Standards in Housing Advice and Information at Level 2. Level 1 Disclosure Clearance This role requires Level 1 Disclosure Clearance to allow access to the Public Sector Network. If you have spent more than 3 months working or living out with the UK in the last 5 years then you will also be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. UK website. For additional East Lothian Council employment information please click on the following link: If you have any difficulties creating an account on MyJobScotland or applying for this post please contact the MyJobScotland support team via this link . Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form. If, for example, due to a disability, you are unable to complete the on-line application form you can contact us for a paper application via the telephone number or email address above.