Public Health Business Support Administrator

Kent County Council; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council seeks a Public Health Business Support Administration Officer to join the Public Health Business Support Team. The role provides essential administrative support to a team of public health professionals and coordinates meetings with stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration.

This is a hybrid role with standard hours 09:00–17:00. The postholder will be based in Maidstone and travel across Kent to support external events when required.

Job description

Public Health Business Support Administrator

Role Responsibility

We are seeking to appoint a Public Health Business Support Administration Officer to join our Public Health Business Support Team. This role will provide essential administrative support to a team of public health professionals.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to Kent's Public Health department, supporting a broad range of administrative activities and working closely with key stakeholders to ensure the effective coordination of meetings and partnership groups.

Applicants should have experience of undertaking a range of administrative duties, including minute taking and organising large meetings. A professional approach, strong work ethic and excellent organisational skills are essential.

Kent is a large county with a wide range of complex public health priorities. Applicants will need to demonstrate the ability to manage competing demands and objectives, alongside sound judgement, diplomacy and political awareness.

This is a hybrid role, with standard working hours from 09:00 to 17:00. The postholder will be required to attend our Maidstone base regularly, with occasional travel across Kent to support external events.

This post is considered by KCC to be customer-facing. 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 or Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the role. The required standards are set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.