Peer Advice Development Coordinator (Prisons)

Peer Advice Development Coordinator (Prisons)

Salary Scale: £32,604 - £33,594 per annum
Location: Skainos Centre, Belfast (with travel to the 3 NI prisons as and when required)
Hours: 37 hours per week, permanent
Closing date: Monday 27 January 2025 at midday

We are looking for the right person to oversee the effective delivery of a peer housing advice service across the three prisons in Northern Ireland.

About the role

As the Peer Advice Development Coordinator (Prisons) you will:

• be responsible for the delivery of a high-quality peer prisoner housing advice service within each prison establishment in Northern Ireland.
• actively support, supervise and monitor peer advice work.

About you

You will have:

• accredited qualification in relevant discipline for example housing (including Housing Advice Training Programme)/ law / advice
• experience of delivering housing advice to vulnerable groups including people in prison
• experience of establishing links and building effective relationships across voluntary, statutory and/or private sector organisations.
• ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team to achieve positive outcomes.
• ability to plan and prioritise workloads and work effectively under pressure.
• ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post (for example travel to the three prison locations in Northern Ireland).

About Housing Rights

Housing Rights has been helping people in Northern Ireland deal with housing and homelessness problems since 1964. We help people with their housing and homelessness problems through our helplines and advice work. We use their experiences to bring change and improvements with our policy work. We educate and inform others working in the housing and advice sectors to help their clients.

All our work helps us to achieve our vision 'when everyone has a home'.

Benefits

We offer our staff the following benefits:

• hybrid and flexible working
• tailored learning and development plan
• a generous holiday allowance
• enhanced employer pension scheme with free life assurance
• accessible location and free parking
• fun events for staff engagement
• access to employee wellbeing services

For further information and to submit your application, click APPLY NOW.

Diversity is valued at Housing Rights. Applications from all sections of the community are actively encouraged.

Housing Rights gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Department of Justice and Northern Ireland Prison Service towards this post.