Recruitment Co Ordinator

Role Responsibility

Kent Fostering Service has been looking after children in Kent for over 40 years. We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated Fostering Recruitment Coordinator to join the most experienced fostering service in the county to help us demonstrate how we make a difference to the lives of Kent children. You will be proficient at using a range of marketing and recruitment techniques to generate leads to recruit prospective foster carers.

You will be responsible for driving an increase in the number of enquiries we receive from prospective foster carers by engaging with the wider local community, hosting and attending events; working closely with Kent Fostering Service Teams and the Kent County Council Communication Team to implement and coordinate the county’s marketing and recruitment plan.

Experience of managing social media accounts and website use are essential to this role. The Recruitment Coordinator will work with our existing foster carers to support recruitment campaigns and information events across the county.

We require a natural communicator who is passionate about changing children’s lives. Reporting to the Head of Fostering you will be an integral part of the Kent Fostering Service. You will be self-motivated, energetic, confident and creative, with a can-do and positive attitude. There will be some weekend and evening working to coordinate Information Events.

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.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews to be held on Thursday 25^th and Friday 26^th January 2024

Closing date Sunday 21^st January 2024

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact:

Angela Cornwell, 03000 412845

angela.cornwell@kent.gov.uk

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.