Business Support Coordinator

Role Responsibility

This is an exciting role for a motivated person working as an integral part of the Ashford & Canterbury Business Support Team to provide support for a busy team of practitioners within an Adult Social Care & Health Team.  The post will be based either at Kroner House, Ashford or Brook House, Whitstable with some home working.

The post holder will be required to assist in the smooth running of the service and take a proactive role in relation to the day-to-day functioning of the office.

We are looking for someone who has excellent literacy, numeracy and computer skills with a range of IT systems (Microsoft applications, databases etc)  to ensure a high level of data quality.  You will need:

• good organisational and administrative skills to prioritise workloads and work to deadlines in a highly demanding environment;
• to be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team;
• to be professional  when communicating with people we support, their representatives and other professionals by phone and Email.

A full list of responsibilities is outlined within the job description, however, we are more focused on your drive, potential and aptitude for learning and provide a comprehensive induction and training for the right candidate.

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.

Interviews will take place on Thursday, 18 July 2024

Our offer:-

• Starting salary £24,040 
• Full induction and comprehensive professional learning and development programme
• Starting annual leave allowance of 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years service
• A minimum of 5 days’ training each year 
• Excellent Government pension scheme
• Flexible hybrid working – work from home or office as required dependent on business need

Contact Details

If you wish to discuss this role please contact 03000 421788 and a member of the team will respond appropriately.

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.