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Helpine Coordinator

Salary Scale:  £30,721-£31,352 (August 2023 pay scale, new pay scales pending. Pro rata for part time)

Location: Skainos Centre, Belfast 

Hours: 37 hours per week (or on a job-share basis)

Contract type: Full or part time, permanent 

About the role

About the role

As a Helpline Coordinator, you will be responsible for:

  • providing specialist support: offering comprehensive and holistic advice on key areas such as homelessness, housing debt, and housing issues to members of the public and relevant agencies.
  • coordinating internal referrals: managing the helpline's referral process, ensuring cases are escalated to advocacy and mediation services when necessary.
  • coordinating external referrals: liaising with external agencies to manage appropriate inbound referrals 

About you

You will have:

  • 5 GCSEs or equivalent
  • at least 1 year’s experience of providing money or debt advice and housing advice to the public in a social welfare setting
  • at least 1 year’s experience of working in a customer or client focused environment as part of a team
  • experience of using IT, Microsoft Office applications, databases and telephony systems using administrative procedures in a customer focused environment
  • previous supervisory experience in a customer or client focused environment

To apply

Email completed application and equal opportunities monitoring forms to [email protected] no later than midday on Monday 31 March 2025.