Commissioning Assistant

Role Responsibility

We are currently looking to recruit a Commissioning Assistant to join Kent County Council’s Adults’ Commissioning teams.

This role will work to support delivery of all aspects of the commissioning cycle and achieve positive outcomes for KCC and the residents of Kent. This will include a variety of tasks such as: supporting commissioning processes; supporting contract management and monitoring; maintaining spreadsheets and analysing data; working in partnership across KCC, our partners and the market; and identifying best practice and lessons learnt.

As well as the experience, skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Understanding of commissioning or service development
• Willingness and commitment to personal and professional development
• Ability to prioritise work to meet required deadlines and to work on their own initiative and as part of a team to produce end results
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills, and an ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

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.

Closing date for applications: 25^th May 2025.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in Invicta House, Maidstone, in the week commencing 2^nd June  2025

Contact Details

For further information please contact:

Jo.Harding@kent.gov.uk 

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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.