Citizens Advice in North & West Kent

Citizens Advice in North & West Kent
Work for us

Work for us

Our charity has paid staff that work alongside our volunteers to deliver and run our free advice services.

We offer a friendly and supportive work environment and the chance to make a real difference to the lives of local people. 

Take a look at our Behaviours Framework for a sense of the attitudes and approaches we take to our work at Citizens Advice in North and West Kent. It draws together the behaviours and expectations which we believe are essential for our organisation to be inclusive and effective.

 

Employee benefits

We want our staff to feel appreciated and well rewarded for the valuable work they do, so we try to offer generous benefits to our employees including:

  • A 35 hour working week, with flexibility where needed
  • 30 days annual leave days (including bank holidays) for full time staff, plus an 4 additional days leave between Xmas and New Year 
  • Policies that support a healthy work-life balance
  • Pension scheme
  • Commitment to continued professional development
  • Comfortable offices in town centre locations

Promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively are integral to our ethos as an employer and service provider.  We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Current Vacancies Click on the role below to find out more about it and how to apply

Description

Meet & Greet and Office Administrator 

Hours:       25 hours/week. Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.15pm

Salary:       £16,575 per annum

Status:       Temporary (Maternity Cover) June 2025 – December 2025

Location: Citizens Advice, Swanley Centre, Swanley, BR8 7TQ   
                    Must have a willingness to travel to other CANWK offices on occasion, to cover staff absence within the Meet & Greet Team. 

 

This is an exciting opportunity to help us ensure that everyone in Swanley can access our advice and support when needed. 

Within this interesting and varied role, you will play a crucial role in supporting vulnerable clients to access our advice services.  You will not be expected to give advice yourself but your role will be vital in making sure everyone, no matter how vulnerable, can access our advice in the most appropriate way.  You will be giving assistance to anyone who comes to our advice centre in the Swanley town centre, by giving them information on how to access our advice.  You will also be providing essential office administration support, to ensure our office and advice services run effectively.  As a small organisation, there are always lots of opportunities to get involved in other pieces of work, depending on your interests

 

The successful candidate will be given full training and you will:

  • make a real difference to people’s lives and have a positive impact in your local community.
  • learn about a range of issues such as benefits, debt, employment and housing.
  • build on valuable skills such as communication, listening and problem solving and increase your employability.
  • Gain relevant and practical experience in administration and receptionist skills.

 

Closing date for applications: Sunday 11th May 2025

 

Click on these links to download the relevant documents to apply: 

Job Pack: Swanley Meet & Greet Job Pack

Application Form: Staff application including diversity monitoring form  Please note that you will need to download this MSWord document before it can be viewed and completed.