Market Support Officer

Role Responsibility

We are thrilled to share information regarding the exciting job opportunities available within our brand new and innovative Market Development Team.

Following a successful recruitment process held over the summer period and conditional offers made to selected candidates, we are pleased to announce we are seeking to recruit a further Market Support Officer role to join the team.

What does the team do? 

These pivotal roles sited within the Adults Commissioning Team will see successful candidates work collaboratively alongside Commissioners, Community Teams and others across the directorate to help us drive up the quality of care delivered in the many hundreds of care settings across the county.

With your ability to gather information, you bring together data about the diverse care settings in Kent. Next, using your brilliant communication skills, you will visit and talk to care providers, you’ll use insight you gain from people who draw and support and their families to develop, implement and review quality improvement action plans alongside multi-agency partners.  If you want to make a difference to people who draw on care and support in Kent, this is the role for you! 

If you know you’re ready to apply, please make sure your application is with us by 11:59pm on Friday 14^th March 2025

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 24^th March 2025

Candidates should be aware that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The role 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 this brilliant position please contact:

Mel Anthony, Commissioning Manager, Adults and Integrated Commissioning, Adults Social Care and Health. Tel: 03000 417208  melanieanthony@kent.gov.uk 

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.