Role Responsibility
This vacancy is a Full-Time Fixed-Term with an end date of 31st May 2026. In return, you will be given regular supervision, support, and training to develop within the role.
We are looking for someone to join our busy Business Support team within the South Kent Children and Young Persons Service. We cover the areas of Ashford, Dover and Folkestone and support Social Workers working with children in those areas. This position has a base office of Dover.
As a Business Support Officer, you will support senior managers and social workers on a range of tasks and work alongside colleagues to assist in the smooth running of the service in South Kent. This is a varied and challenging post and requires someone with excellent organisation and communication skills and proven administrative experience.
You will be responsible for providing full confidential administrative support, being the first point of contact for families and professionals and recording accurate information on cases. You will also support a range of meetings, organising, and taking accurate minutes. You should be able to proactively manage your workload whilst responding to urgent requests and deadlines and be able to work flexibly alongside team members.
The role is varied and interesting and we offer: -
1. A starting salary of £25,252 with annual performance related pay increases
2. Opportunities for personal training and development
3. Regular supervision
4. Option to enrol in the Local Government Pension scheme with employer matched contributions
5. 28 days paid annual leave per year (rising to 30 after 5 years service) + bank holidays + a concessionary day
6. A range of flexible leave options to help you manage your work/life balance such as Carers leave, Maternity leave, Personal Leave, Timeout/career break, Study leave, Religious observance
7. Staff discounts on a range of leisure products and services through our Kent Rewards programme.
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.