Kent County Council Hiring for Access to Education Officer (SAO) Job at Maidstone, England Full Time

School Attendance Order Officer

Are you highly motivated, focused individual and wanting to make a difference?

We are looking for an motivated person with relevant experience and a high level of personal drive and energy, who will be able to support the work of the Access to Education Teams to ensure that all children in Kent are in receipt of a suitable education. You will be self-motivated, exceptionally well organised and a good team worker.

You will ensure that the day-to-day processes relating to the local authority’s statutory school attendance orders duties are carried out in an effective and timely manner. Relevant qualifications together with good literacy and numeracy skills are essential. You will demonstrate great attention to detail along with the ability to meet tight deadlines.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate and is ideal for someone who thrives on being active, dealing with competing priorities. Your excellent organisational skills will ensure you know the status of your work at any given time.

Ability to work on your own initiative, whilst being part of a team is a must. You will possess good communication skills as you will be required to professionally communicate with colleagues, internal and external stakeholders and other agencies by phone, e-mail and letter.

Excellent keyboard and IT skills (Outlook, Excel, Word), and experience with systems and processes is essential. Working with a variety of databases and computer systems for which full training will be given. A good clear understanding of confidentiality, GDPR and data protection procedures is essential.

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

A half day virtual assessment will be held on Wednesday 13th April 2022. A short follow-up interview will be arranged for the successful candidates.

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.

Contact Details

For further information, please contact Samantha Moss (Access to Education Coordinator) on 03000 412215 or email:- [email protected]

About The Company

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 and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.