Total Placement Service Business Support Officer

1 month ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent County Council Full time

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- Please note that there are a combination of permanent and fixed term positions available. Fixed term positions will be until 30th September 2024._

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 number of TPS Business Support Officers, on a mixture of permanent and fixed term contracts, to deliver a range of business, administration, financial and system services for the purchase of resources for children and families. Fixed term positions would be until the 30th September 2024.

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

- Highly motivated and be able to work autonomously
- Excellent organisation, administration and communication skills
- Ability to meet strict deadlines and targets, prioritise and plan effectively
- Excellent business and financial administration including use of databases
- Ability to monitor and process accurate financial records
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to create and maintain complex spreadsheets
- Ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business and be able to work under pressure
- Ability to resolve complex queries
- Awareness of Data Protection and confidentiality issues.

Face-to-face interviews and assessments will take place on **20th March 2024**.

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.

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