Business Support Assistant

Role Responsibility

(9 month Maternity Cover Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity)

We have a full-time maternity cover opportunity for an experienced Business Support Assistant. This will be a Fixed Term Contract Opportunity for External Candidates or a Secondment Opportunity for those internal to Kent County Council, with approval from their current line manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join BMCR, which sits in the Human Resources & Organisation Development division in the Deputy Chief Executive’s Department.   

We are a dynamic team, that seeks continuous improvement in the services we offer by using automation and innovation. We cover a varied range of business support activities including, the management of the organisation’s salary sacrifice schemes and the co-ordination of Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests for the Division. The services we provide support a range of teams, across our Human Resources & Organisational Development function.

About the role:

The role requires someone with excellent organisation and communication skills. You must be able to proactively manage your workload whilst responding to urgent requests and deadlines.  You will have good administrative and IT skills, and the ability to prioritise work requests. You will also need to demonstrate a confident manner in liaising with the public, professionals, and organisations, acting as a point of contact for the Team. The work is interesting, varied, and we need someone with an organised and innovative approach who can make a positive contribution to the success of the team.

Applicants will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and have an interest in learning about automation and using power apps such as Power Automate.   We are looking for someone who is innovative and happy to share ideas about how we can work better to deliver our services.

 Interviews will be held on 12^th September 2025

Contact Details

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role please contact Michelle Waddup on 03000 415280 or  e-mail michelle.waddup@kent.gov.uk. Or Ashley Humphrey on 03000 412903 or e-mail Ashley.humphrey@kent.gov.uk

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 soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.