Project Officer

Role Responsibility

This new role offers you an exciting opportunity to support delivery of our Kent Drug and Alcohol Strategy. You will work as a member of the Integrated Commissioning Team in partnership with a Consultant in Public Health-led Team.

As well as co-ordinating delivery of the strategy, you will also support on projects such as real-time surveillance of drug and alcohol related deaths in Kent, implementation of the Local Drug Information System (LDIS) and the Combating Drugs Partnership.

Integrated Commissioning promotes the prevention of poor health and seeks to address health inequalities and inequities locally. The wider team commission public health services including community drug and alcohol services, undertake research, work in health protection and carry out analysis of health-related data.

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills to work efficiently and effectively across organizational boundaries and with internal partners. 

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.

As an employee of Kent County Council, you will receive training suitable to the role and to support your development, along with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and flexible working.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact Rebecca Eley

03000 418777

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.