Business Support Assistant - Poltons Family Centre Reception

Role Responsibility

We are looking for an organised person to join the Business Support Team based at Poltons Family Centre in Dover. You will be responsible for providing administrative support to assist in the smooth running of the service provided by our team and acting as the first point of contact for staff, visitors, and families.

This vacancy is for a part-time role covering lunchtime hours from 12pm to 2pm, Monday to Friday and working closely with our full-time receptionist.  The Business Support Assistant role is busy and varied and provides invaluable support to the Dover Children’s Social Work Team and the families that we work with.

We are looking for someone with a calm approach and the successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent organisation and communication skills. You must be able to proactively manage your workload and support the wider team, whilst responding to urgent requests and you need to be confident in liaising with families, colleagues, and professionals.

We are looking for someone with previous reception or administrative experience and who is confident dealing with a variety of responsibilities and using a range of IT packages. We can offer opportunities for personal training and development within the service.

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:

Tania Capstick

tania.capstick@kent.gov.uk

03000 412713

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.