Executive Officer

What will you be doing?

Kent County Council (KCC) is one of the largest local authorities in the country, delivering a wide range of essential services to local communities.

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive Executive Officer to provide a comprehensive, coordinated and high‑quality executive and business support service to director‑level colleagues and the divisional leadership teams. This is a key role supporting effective governance, communication, decision‑making and delivery of divisional priorities.

Whilst no one day is the same, on a typical day you will need to provide a professional executive support service to director-level colleagues, ensuring they are fully briefed on key issues, decisions and priorities within appropriate timescales.

The role requires excellent judgement, discretion and the ability to work at pace in a complex, high‑profile environment across Infrastructure (Property) and Technology divisons. You will be required to prepare high quality written briefings, reports and summaries, drawing together information from across the Council. You will need to be able to represent and/or support the director and senior managers at internal and external meetings where required, capturing actions and ensuring follow‑up.

The role will involve regular communications with and provide meeting support to external partners. The role necessitates working in an office environment at our headquarters office in Maidstone, supplemented by hybrid working arrangements where business needs allow.

What we are looking for

We’re seeking someone who has:

• Significant experience of providing executive or senior business support in a complex organisation
• Excellent organisational, diary management and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing demands
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, accurate and sensitive correspondence
• Ability to proactively supervise business support staff members on a regular basis and ensure consistency in processes applied.
• Confidence working with senior leaders, Members and a wide range of stakeholders
• Sound judgement, discretion and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately
• Strong IT skills, including confident use of Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools
• The ability to work proactively, solve problems and take ownership of issues through to resolution
  

How to apply
Please submit your application via the KCC recruitment portal, outlining how you meet the requirements of the role. We use a values based recruitment approach, and interviews will assess both technical capability and behaviours aligned to KCC values.

Candidates who have applied for this position within the last six months need not reapply, as previous applications will remain on file and be considered

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.

Note: Interviews for this role will take place between 2nd to 4th September 2026.

About you

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

Carl Osborne, Business Assurance Manager.

Email: [email removed]

About us

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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.

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.