Systems Admin Support Officer - Total Placement Service Business Team

Role Responsibility

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 looking to recruit to a permanent full time, Systems Admin Support Officer to deliver a range of business, administration, financial and system services for the purchase of resources for children and families.
You will be responsible for the maintenance of business and financial systems, providing specialist advice and resolving queries. This post will provide an administrative and data support service for applications that require joint agency funding for placements and services on behalf of Social Care, Education and Health.
You must possess the following experience and key skills:
High motivation and the ability to work independently
Excellent organisational, administrative, and communication skills
Ability to meet strict deadlines and targets, prioritise tasks 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 investigate and resolve complex queries
Awareness of Data Protection and confidentiality issues.
The closing date for applications is 31/05/2026.
Online assessment will be on the 08/06/2026.
Interviews will be face-to-face and take place on the 15/06/2026.
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.
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Contact Details
For further information, please contact:
Sue Hall - 03000 415341 -
Sue.Hall@kent.gov.uk
Courtney Jarvis - 03000 416485 -
Courtney.Jarvis@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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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.

Job Description & Person Specification

Job Description