Workforce Development Officer

Job Introduction

Role Responsibility

Active Kent & Medway is one of 43 Active Partnerships in England. We are hosted by Kent County Council and funded by Sport England. Our vision is ‘more people, more active, more often’ and we work with a wide range of partners to help achieve this. 

We are seeking to appoint a Workforce Development Officer to work with sport and physical activity providers and the wider voluntary and community sector to help more of Kent and Medway’s residents to be more active, more often.  

Location(s): Active Kent & Medway, Worrall House, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, (travel required throughout Kent) 

NB: Hybrid working re: office and home working.

This new role offers an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team and make it their own. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of working within workforce development and experience of creating and implementing project plans. They will be a self-starter with good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

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. 

Interview Date: 12th June 2025

Contact Details

For further information please contact:

Sophie Ward Email: sophie.ward@kent.gov.uk    Phone: 03000 417225

Stuart Butler Email:  stuart.butler@kent.gov.uk   Phone: 03000 412130

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.