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 looking to recruit to a full time permanent, 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.
The successful candidate must possess the following experience and key skills:
1. High motivation and the ability to work independently
2. Excellent organisational, administrative, and communication skills
3. Ability to meet strict deadlines and targets, prioritise tasks and plan effectively
4. Excellent business and financial administration including use of databases
5. Ability to monitor and process accurate financial records
6. Excellent Microsoft Office skills
7. Ability to create and maintain complex spreadsheets
8. Ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business and be able to work under pressure
9. Ability to investigate and resolve complex queries
10. Awareness of Data Protection and confidentiality issues.
The closing date for applications is 16 November 2025.
Online assessment will be no later than the 25 November 2025.
Interviews will be face-to-face and take place on the 2 December 2025.
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 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 a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.