Project Assistant - Dynamic Support Service

Role Responsibility

Dynamic Support Service – Project Assistant

The Dynamic Support Service is seeking a highly organised Project Assistant to join our dynamic team. This role involves providing high-level administrative and project support to senior management and project teams, ensuring the successful delivery of key projects within the Dynamic Support Arrangements and wider Learning Disability and Autism Programme Delivery Unit.

About us: The Dynamic Support Service is Kent and Medway’s keyworking service, a national initiative that delivers new and better ways of working with children and young people who have learning disabilities and/or autism. Our service involves joint working with a wide range of professionals, parents/carers, children, and young people.

Role summary: The Project Assistant will play an integral role in project management, enabling the delivery of projects in accordance with Kent County Council’s policies, procedures, and processes. This includes assisting in project planning, monitoring metrics and milestones, and providing feedback to managers. The role requires excellent communication skills to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and the ability to work independently while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality. Advanced minute-taking, Excel and Word Keyboard/IT skills are essential.

Contract details:

• 37 hours per week
• 12-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension or becoming permanent as required. Secondment opportunities are preferred. Internal candidates seeking a secondment opportunity should inform their line manager before applying.
• Mostly home-based working, with at least one day a week in the office and travel to attend meetings

Shortlisted candidates should be available for interview on 16 May 2025

Contact Details

For an informal discussion about this exciting new opportunity please contact Jellina Davies on 03000 418201

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.