Business Support Lead

Role Responsibility

A unique opportunity has arisen for a Business Support Lead in Sevenoaks Family Hubs based in Swanley.  The role is for 2 days per week up until 31st December 2024.

This role would suit an experienced Business Support Officer, looking for personal growth and professional development.  This role is based at the Swanley Family Hub in Swanley.

The role requires excellent organisational and communication skills. As Acting Business Support Lead you will assist the District Manager, ensuring processes and systems are effective, up to date and accurate. You will also provide administrative support to the District Manager.  You must be able to proactively manage your workload whilst responding to urgent requests and deadlines. You will have strong administrative, finance, minuting and IT skills and the ability to collate and manage data.

You will need to demonstrate a confident manner in liaising with professionals and organisations, acting as a contact point for the service, coordinating a range of meetings and monitoring staff performance. The work is interesting, varied and demanding, and we need someone with a calm and organised approach who can make a positive contribution to the success of the team.

About You

- Extensive experience of working in a customer facing environment

- A flexible attitude to working across a wide geographical area

- An excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and other IT applications and experience in streamlining and reviewing processes, implementing improvements in work practices

- Proven experience in providing comprehensive administrative and financial support, demonstrating proficiency in handling budgetary information, processing invoices, and ensuring financial compliance.

- Experience of minute taking complex meetings with a high number of attendees.

In return we can offer you:

- 27 days annual leave + bank holidays

- Generous contributory pension scheme

- Training and an ongoing plan for development

- Employee focused support and staff groups

- A rewarding and meaningful career

- Access to Kent Rewards, which provides discounts on many local and national brands for services and products.  

Within the ‘Reason for Application’ section of your application, please demonstrate how you meet the criteria within the person specification attached to the Job Description. 

This post is subject to an Enhanced 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 on this role, please contact: 

Sam Hoare - Senior Business Support Lead

sam.hoare@kent.gov.uk

03000 414491

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.