TPS Business Support Officer

Role Responsibility

The Total Placement Service (TPS) Business Team is responsible for administering contracts and payments for a wide range of accommodation placements for children in care and care leavers.

The team is recruiting a TPS Business Support Officer to deliver a range of business, administration, financial and system services for the purchase of resources for children and families.

The postholder will be responsible for the maintenance of business and financial systems, providing specialist advice and resolving queries. This post will provide an administrative and data support service for applications that require joint agency funding for placements and services on behalf of Social Care, Education and Health.

It is essential that the successful applicant has the following experience and skills

 • Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent business and financial administration including use of databases

• Excellent Microsoft Office skills

• Ability to meet strict deadlines and targets, prioritise and plan effectively.

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.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Contact Details

For further information about this role please contact Carla Wilson, TPS Senior Business Officer 03000 411096

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.