Welfare Rights Assistant (2)

Job Description

Based at County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 3 - Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations including working from council buildings and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

There are 2 positions available:

1 position is permanent and 1 position is temporary for up to 12 months from date of appointment.

You will be required to give advice and assistance to clients in relation to welfare benefits and debt issues. The service is delivered via a mixture of telephone/digital and face to face.

You will be asked to indicate on your application form which position/s you are applying for.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager / organisation.

Please note interviews will be held Tuesday, 6 May 2025.

Requirements

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for these jobs.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.