Jobs in Maryfield, Dundee

Are you passionate about housing rights and committed to helping people facing the housing emergency? Join Shelter Scotland as a Senior Housing Rights Worker and play a leading role in delivering expert housing advice, supporting communities and influencing positive change.

About the role

We’re looking for someone with experience providing high-quality housing advice, advocacy and casework, alongside the confidence to lead and support others in delivering excellent services. You’ll oversee complex casework, promote housing rights and quality standards, and provide coaching and line management to Housing Rights Workers. Working closely with communities, partner organisations and decision-makers, you’ll build relationships, influence positive change and use evidence and lived experience to improve housing outcomes. You’ll also help lead local projects, support strategic interventions and ensure people affected by the housing emergency are empowered to shape Shelter Scotland’s work and wider housing policy.

Role specifics

We’re looking for someone who can inspire and support others while delivering high-quality housing rights services. You’ll have knowledge of housing and social justice issues, excellent communication skills and the confidence to deliver workshops, presentations and advice to a range of audiences. You’ll be organised, adaptable and able to manage competing priorities, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to build relationships, influence decision-makers and empower individuals and communities. You’ll also be confident using IT systems, gathering evidence and insight, and turning this into meaningful action that helps improve housing outcomes.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

There are three Community Teams - North, West and East. These teams of housing rights workers engage with and activate communities in delivering insight and evidence and targeted interventions, to address local issues and contribute towards the Shelter Scotland Housing Emergency campaign for structural change.