Administration Officer

Role Responsibility

Are you interested in making a difference to the lives of vulnerable adults? Are you committed to ensuring that they get the highest standards of care and the support to advocate for their needs?

An opportunity has arisen to recruit an administration officer for the Kent Mental Capacity Act Deprivation Of Liberty – MCA DOL Office, which is an exciting and busy environment with multiple priorities where work needs to be carried out accurately and within appropriate timescales.

We are looking for someone with experience of working in a busy office environment and with excellent communication skills. If you have good keyboard and IT skills (Outlook, Excel, Word), experience with systems and processes, along with minute taking and organisational skills then we would like to hear from you.

You will need great attention to detail along with the ability to meet tight deadlines. You will be working with a variety of databases and computer systems for which full training will be given.  You will also need knowledge of confidentiality and data protection procedures.

You will also provide administration support to members of the team along with several multi-agency groups.

You will need to be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team as well as professionally communicating with our clients, their representatives and other professionals by phone and e-mail.

You may have a general awareness of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the multi-agency Adult Protection framework.

Currently you will be home working with the potential of two days a week in the office. Office cover is required Monday to Friday between 8.30am until 17.00pm.  You must be able to travel on occasions, as meetings and training are held in different sites across the County.   

This post is subject to a Basic 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.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Emilie Margott on 03000 414159 emilie_margott@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.