Executive Support Assistant

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has become available for a proactive and motivated individual to be the Executive Support Assistant to the Director of Education and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.  

The purpose of the role is to provide a comprehensive, coordinated and efficient support to the Director and ensure that their strategic activities achieve maximum impact and efficient service delivery.

You will need to have a good understanding of the statutory duties, codes of practice and KCC’s democratic process. Proven recent experience of providing excellent executive support to senior managers is a pre-requisite of the role. You must have excellent written and oral communication and diplomacy skills and the ability to work in a confidential environment with integrity.  You will need to be reliable, flexible, and resilient whilst able to stay focused and motivated and the ability to remain calm when facing many conflicting priorities is key within this position. You should also have recent line management and supervision experience.

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 more information about the role, please contact Dee Corbishley on 03000 423185 or email at Dee.Corbishley@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.