PA/Secretary to Area Education Officer

Role Responsibility

An opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated, committed PA/Secretary to join the Children, Young People and Education Provision Planning team in East Kent.

You will be responsible for providing PA/administrative and secretarial support to the Area Education Officer and Area Schools Organisation Officer, to assist in the smooth running of the service and its day to day functioning. We are looking for an experienced administrator with a sound knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

You will have the ability to work under their own initiative and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and customer care skills with a professional and confident telephone manner, whilst working under pressured timeframes.

You will need to be extremely organised and have excellent time management skills with the ability to take accurate and timely minutes of meetings.

If you feel that you have the right skills and personal qualities to join our busy team then we look forward to receiving your application.

Brook House, Whitstable is the primary location, however due to Covid-19 the role is currently home based with the occasional office working.

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.

Interview date: 29 June 2021

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Marisa White, Area Education Officer, on 03000 418794

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.