Project Officer
Role Responsibility
Project Officer x 2
Kent County Council (KCC) would welcome applicants for the following two roles on a full time basis (37 hours per week):
- Project Officer - Regional Adoption Agencies (RAA)
- Project Officer - Children’s Social Care Sector-Led Improvement Programme (SLIP)
Recruitment to these roles will be undertaken jointly – please indicate in your application if you have a particular preference, and this can be discussed further at the interview stage.
Role Responsibility - RAA
The Department for Education (DfE)’s Adoption strategy: achieving excellence everywhere (July 2021) included a proposal to investigate whether some national or pan-regional commissioning would provide better value for money in commissioning adoption support. This provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Officer to work within KCC’s Children’s Commissioning team. This role will work closely with Children’s Commissioning and three RAAs across the South East. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out a variety of tasks including the project management, coordination, and execution of strategic plans for the pan-region; taking responsibility for carrying out key tasks as part of the project delivery plan; maintaining spreadsheets and analysing data; writing reports; supporting the lead Commissioner; and working in partnership across the three RAAs and the RAA National Commissioning Team.
As well as the experience, skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:
- Understanding of commissioning;
- Ability to prioritise work to meet required deadlines and to work on own initiative and as part of a team to produce end results;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills.
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Role Responsibility - SLIP
KCC is looking to recruit a Project Officer to be hosted by the Children’s Commissioning team to support the Sector-Led Improvement Programme which aims to improve the overall performance of children’s social care by using the strongest performing local authorities to provide peer support to authorities who are working to improve their services.
The Project Officer will work across both Commissioning and the Safeguarding, Professional Standards and Quality Assurance teams; identify areas where the two teams need to strengthen links for quality; and set up systems and processes as identified by professionals, including making improvements to the areas identified for the SLIP programme.
As well as the experience, skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:
- Ability to prioritise work to meet required deadlines and to work on own initiative and as part of a team to produce end results;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills.
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 28th March 2024, and interviews are scheduled to be held via Microsoft Teams in the week commencing Monday 8th April.
Contact Details
For further information on this role, please contact:
Robin Cahill (Senior Commissioner) - Robin.Cahill@kent.gov.uk
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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.
Job Description & Person Specification
