Advertised from 6 August 2025

Role

Working Pattern: Ten hours per week for twenty-six weeks (260 hours) to be worked late afternoon /early evenings Monday to Friday, and / or daytime weekends. Exact working pattern to be agreed with candidate.

Overview

In partnership with the local authority, we manage Southside Community Centre, where we have four spaces available for community use. We let out these spaces to others to provide a wide range of community activities and we use the spaces to deliver a variety of our own activities and services.

As a result of identified community need for ongoing support during the cost-of-living crisis we are looking for someone to support us in our mission to challenge poverty by supporting citizens to claim welfare benefits to which they are entitled.

There are an abundance of online entitlement calculators which provide people with an indication of their possible entitlement, however only those who have internet access, have a good ability to read and type in English and are confident can access such online tools. For people who work in the daytime during the week there are often challenges to access in person support as many services in Edinburgh operate standard day time operating hours.

To assist with addressing these issues you will support citizens to use online calculators to identify what unclaimed benefits they may be entitled too. You will then arrange for them to have a face-to-face session with our Welfare Rights and Debt Advisor, or sign post them to other similar services, so that they may receive help to submit relevant applications.

Application notes

Applicants should submit their CV and a covering statement setting out why they are suitable for the post (not to exceed one side of A4) by 5pm on Friday 22 August 2025 to hello@southsidecommunitycentre.co.uk

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