Administration Officer

Role Responsibility

Fixed Term Contract : 6 months

If you have proven experience as an administrator officer, we would love to hear from you.

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and committed Administration Officer within the North Kent Social Care Business Support Team based in Dartford, Gravesend and Swanley area.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive administration support to the Area Referral Management Service, Mental Health, Learning Disability and the Supporting and Promoting Independence Teams.

You will need to be conscientious, flexible with excellent literacy, numeracy and computer skills, able to use a range of IT Systems to a high level.  We require good interpersonal skills when communicating with the public, services users, health and social care professionals.  You will need to have excellent organisational skills and be able to prioritise workload and work to deadlines either on your own or as part of a team.

You will be required to organise Professional and Business meetings involving a wide variety of staff and multi agencies and have the ability to produce high quality and comprehensive minutes and follow up actions. 

Regular formal supervision will be given.  Training will be given to develop within the role.

This post is considered by Kent County Council 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 in the Job Description/ Person Specification

KCC are operating a home-working/office hybrid system.

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

Our offer:

• Full induction and comprehensive professional learning and development programme
• Starting annual leave allowance of 26 days pro rata
• A minimum of 5 days training each year 
• Excellent Government pension scheme

Previous candidates need not apply.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Julie Groombridge, Business Support Officer 03000 413036

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.