Business Support Officer - West Malling, United Kingdom - Kent County Council

Kent County Council

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West Malling, United Kingdom

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West Kent Children in Care Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Support Officer within Integrated Children's Services, West Kent Children in Care. The post is full time, based at Worrall House with some home working.

If you would like to be part of a busy team helping to support the children and families of Kent, then this could be the position for you.

Business Support Officers play a vital role in supporting front line teams and practitioners across Childrens Social Work, Youth Justice, Adoption & Fostering, and School Attendance & Inclusion.

The Business Support Service provides professional administrative support across Integrated Childrens Services and we aim to;

Deliver an integrated and highly effective business support service
Ensure children, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do
Work together, share knowledge and support each other
Innovate and improve
Promote continuous personal and professional development
A starting salary of £20,595 (rising to £22, 595 from 1 April 2023) with annual performance related pay increases
Option to enrol in the Local Government Pension scheme with employer matched contributions
26 days paid annual leave per year (rising to 28 after 5 years service) + bank holidays + a concessionary day
A range of flexible leave options to help you manage your work/life balance such as Carers leave, Maternity leave, Personal Leave, Timeout/career break, Study leave, Religious observance
Flexible working work from home or office as required and we'll provide you with the kit needed to work remotely
Staff discounts on a range of leisure products and services through our Kent Rewards programme

Working within a confidential environment you will have the ability to take a high standard of meeting minutes. You will have strong administrative and IT skills and the ability to collate and manage data. You will use your initiative to prioritise your workload to meet deadlines in a highly demanding environment.

You will need to have the confidence and ability to deal with a variety of multi-disciplinary professionals on a range of matters and the ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information.

You should enjoy working as part of an effective team but also work independently to a high standard whilst working remotely.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position.

The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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