Business Support Officer

Are you a highly motivated individual, who can take a proactive role in the day-to-day administrative support for Growth and Communities? We are looking for a self-starter with strong organisational skills and confidence with financial processes. As part of a modern, centralised support function, you'll play a vital role in ensuring services run smoothly, supporting colleagues, managers and teams while contributing to continuous improvement and efficient ways of working. This full-time role provides the opportunity of hybrid working, with office attendance as required, primarily at Sessions House, Maidstone, with other offices in Kings Hill and Ashford. The role sits within Growth, Environment & Transport (Growth & Communities) and reports to the Business Services Manager, Innovation & Business Intelligence. The role involves:

• Acting as a first point of contact.
• Managing incoming correspondence and ensuring enquiries are resolved or directed appropriately.
• Undertaking accurate data input, record management and document administration activities.
• Providing financial support, including raising purchase orders, processing invoices, monitoring expenditure and supporting budget management.
• Assisting with recruitment activity, onboarding processes and HR administration.
• Supporting meetings, events and workshops, including arranging logistics, preparing agendas and taking notes where required.
• Helping maintain efficient office systems and processes to support service delivery.
• Contributing to service improvement initiatives and helping identify opportunities to enhance business processes.
If you're looking for a varied, hands-on role where no two days are the same and where your contribution really matters, we'd love to hear from you. Interviews to be held at Sessions House, Maidstone, w/c 3rd August 2026. 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.

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility! 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.