Citizens Advice Volunteer Research and Campaigns

What will you do?

• Provide support and guidance to advisers on research and campaigns work
• Keep up to date with research and campaigns issues
• Maintain the profile of research and campaigns within Citizens Advice Stevenage
• Contribute to learning about research and campaigns
• Contribute to effective research and campaigns work within Citizens Advice Stevenage
• Keep up to date with research and campaigns issues
• Prepare reliable research, reports, and campaign plans to maximum impact

What’s in it for you?

• Make a real difference in people’s lives
• Learn about a range of issues that affect our clients such as benefits, debt, employment, and housing
• Build on valuable skills such as communication, listening, marketing and advertising
• Increase your employability
• Work with a range of different people, independently and in a team
• Have a positive impact on your community

And we’ll reimburse expenses too.

What do you need to have?

You don’t need specific qualifications or skills but you’ll need:

• A strong sense of justice
• Understanding of the importance of research and campaigns work
• Understanding of key current social issues, and their potential impact on our clients
• Commitment to the aims and principles of the CAB service
• Good report-writing skills
• The ability to analyse complex information
• The ability and willingness to work as part of a team
• The ability to work on own initiative, within given guidelines
• Good IT skills
• A good level of written and spoken English