Administration Officer

Role Responsibility

Permanent Full time position

The contractual base is Invicta House, Maidstone, plus hybrid working.

If you are an experienced administrator, then we would love to hear from you. We are offering an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic, and supportive team.

An opportunity has arisen to recruit an Administration Officer for the Countywide Business Support Team, providing support to the Early Discharge Planning Team and Forensic Team.

The Early Discharge planning team and the Forensic teamwork with adults (26 and over) who have Mental health. The team provide assessments, care and support planning and source support for them once discharged from hospital.

The post-holder will assist in the smooth running of the service, but also work flexibly to support other areas of Countywide Services when needed.

This is an excellent opportunity to help shape future business support, making this an exciting time to join our service. We are looking for an administrator that is computer literate, with the ability to use a range of IT systems and packages to ensure a high level of accuracy with data collation and inputting. You will possess strong excel skills and have experience of tracking and processing invoices for payment.

You will be able to work well within a busy team, prioritise your work, demonstrate flexibility, and bring new ideas while thinking “outside the box”. Possessing excellent communication skills is essential as you will be liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. This is a challenging, varied, and exciting role that requires you to multitask whilst working under pressure.

You will support with the smooth running of the Early discharge planning team and forensic team, including responding to enquires from both internal and external stakeholders, diary management, minuting meetings and provide a high level of customer service.

We are looking for someone who possesses the same cultural attributes and values as the organisation, alongside good organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise workloads and work to deadlines.

Our offer:

• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Generous contributory pension scheme
• Training and an ongoing plan for development

You must be able to travel on occasions, as meetings are held at different sites across the County.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

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.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

For more information about the role, please contact Adelle Bennett by email: adelle.bennett@kent.gov.uk or phone: 03000 411629

About the Company

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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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, 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.