Executive Support Assistant to the Director of Education

Role Responsibility

Role Responsibility

KCC have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Executive Support Assistant to the Director of Education. If you have experience providing support to senior managers and are confident in your ability to work independently while managing conflicting priorities and timescales, then this may be the perfect job for you.

Interview Date:

Interviews for this role will take place on Wednesday, 22^nd June in Maidstone. The successful candidate will require approval by the Director before appointment is made.

About the Executive Support Assistant role

You will provide comprehensive business, operational and organisational support to the Director including report writing and budgetary support. You will have excellent project management and research skills and have a flexible approach to your work.

This role requires confidence to act as the first point of contact for the Director, liaising with members of the public and senior members of staff across the local authority and the wider education network. You will have awareness of strategic level decisions including sensitive and confidential information alongside detailed operational activity to equip you to deal with most queries.

The successful candidate will work independently with minimal direction. The role offers a blend of home working and office working. The work is interesting, varied and demanding and is well suited to someone with a calm and organised approach with a desire to providing a positive contribution to young people and families within Kent.

Benefits and Rewards

You will have access to a competitive range of benefits, including:

• a starting salary of £30,485 with performance related pay increases
• the option to enrol into the excellent Local Government Pension scheme
• a minimum of 28 days holiday entitlement in addition to bank holidays and a concessionary day
• a range of leave options to help you manage your work/life balance such as:
  • carers leave
  • maternity leave
  • personal leave
  • timeout/career break
  • study leave
  • religious observance
• flexible working – work from home or office as required and we’ll provide you with the kit needed to work remotely
• sickness provision
• training and career development opportunities
• ability to buy annual leave
• one-off cash and non-cash payments for excellent performance
• access to a range of local and national discounts and cashback through our staff rewards scheme

Requirements

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.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, or for an informal discussion, please contact:

Jenny Hall, Staff Officer to CYPE Corporate Director on 03000 416188 or jenny.hall@kent.gov.uk

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.