Market Support Officer

Role Responsibility

We are pleased to share information regarding an exciting job opportunity available within our new and innovative Market Support Team.

We are seeking to recruit a Market Support Officer to join the team. Whilst the role will require travel to other parts of the county, the successful candidate will primarily be covering the South Kent Coast area of Dover and Folkestone.

What does the team do? 

This pivotal role sited within the Adults Commissioning Team will see the successful candidate work collaboratively alongside Commissioners, Community Teams and others across the directorate to help us drive up the quality of care delivered in the many care settings across the South Kent Coast area.

With your ability to gather information, you will bring together data about the diverse care settings in Kent. Next, using your brilliant communication skills, you will visit and talk to care providers, and you’ll use insight you gain from people who draw on care 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 Monday 4^th August 2025

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 18^th August 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:

Kate Silver, Senior Commissioner, Adults and Integrated Commissioning, Adults Social Care and Health. Kate.Silver@kent.gov.uk, Tel: 03000 415493.

Or

Troy Jones, Senior Commissioner Adults and Integrated Commissioning, Adults Social Care and Health. Troy.Jones@kent.gov.uk, Tel: 03000 412873.

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 soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.