Skip to content Skip to content
Search jobs

Administration Officer - Ashford and Faversham Community Services

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Role Responsibility

This role is open to those staff directly employed by KCC, temporary agency staff undertaking KCC work and external applicants not currently working for KCC.

We are looking to recruit an Administration Officer to support within our Ashford and Faversham Community Services. The role will be split between both teams and will require travelling to and from the services.
 
Our community services support adults with learning disabilities with inhouse activities and community-based activities to both support and develop independence and social skills.
We require a resourceful and methodical Administration Officer, to provide support across both of these services.
 
You will have experience in office administration including banking, invoicing, and budgetary support within a busy office. You will also have a good knowledge and skillset in Word, Excel and Outlook.  You will be competent in producing and maintaining spread sheets to a high standard, have the ability to prioritise your workload, and work to deadlines.  You will also have a confident telephone manner.
 
Rewards of working for Kent County Council
We value our staff as individuals and aim to help you to achieve your full potential. As part of the employment deal, we offer a competitive range of benefits and flexible employment conditions to ensure staff make the most of their time working at Kent County Council.
As an organisation we provide professional occupational health, counselling (Support Line), coaching and mediation services to help you stay physically, emotionally, and mentally well. We also have staff groups that provide you with support and development opportunities for members of our diverse workforce.  Learning and development is an area Kent County Council is keen to provide, we want you to be the best you can be. That means investing in your development, so you have the right skills and mind set needed to do an excellent job.   
Other rewards open to you at Kent County Council include the Kent Rewards scheme and provides:
• tax saving schemes for Childcare
• cycle2Work scheme
• discounts at Kent County Council Adult Education classes
• discounted high street reloadable cards and vouchers including discount from over 1,200 national and local retailers
• pensions and financial support
 
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
 
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 (2016) 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.
 
The services would be open to a job share arrangement should there be two suitable applicants.

Contact Details

For more information about the role, please contact Heather Summers, Team Co-ordinator - East Kent Community Services, Inspiring lives, Community Services-Ashford by telephone on  07971549799 or  03000 411955 or email at Heather.summers@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Salary £20,595 - £21,693 per annum
Contract type Permanent Full Time
Working Hours 37 hours per week
Location Ashford Gateway and Faversham Library, United Kingdom
Job category Administration/Business Support
Job Reference REF/TP/58211/6893
Closing Date 07 January, 2023

Spread the word

Jobs in the same category

Powered by Tribepad Talent Acquisition Software

Kent County Council

© Kent County Council 2025

This website is using cookies to improve your browsing experience. If you navigate to another page without changing the settings bellow you consent to this. Read more about cookies.