Contracts And Compliance Project Support Officer

x1 post: 18 month Fixed Term Full Time Contract, working Monday – Friday, based at Invicta House / Hybrid, United Kingdom (this is also available as a Secondment option to Internal applicants)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in Highways and Transportation as a Project Support Officer within our Strategic Contract and Commissioning team within Highways & Transportation.

As part of your role you will be involved in some key contracts such as:

The Highway Term Maintenance Contract that delivers services such as improving the highway network, gritting our roads in winter, filling in potholes and responding to emergencies.

The Professional Services Framework Contract that has four professional consultancy companies who provide a wide range of professional services within the Local Authority boundaries of Kent and Medway. This provides a flexible, resilient mechanism to procure multi-disciplinary technical expertise.

This is a full-time role will have a primary base at County Hall, Invicta House, Maidstone and will include flexible working. You will be provided with the appropriate tools to allow working from home or at any of KCC’s other offices

To provide a consistent, high standard of support and undertake a range of specific project activities to ensure that the Highway Maintenance Contract (HTMC) and the Professional Services Framework (PSFC) contracts are contractually compliant. This will enable us to meet our outcomes and provide the right services including inspecting, repairing, and maintaining our highways to keep them safe and provide the best highway service we can for Kent’s residents, visitors, and businesses.

In this role you will be providing support to Heads of Service, the Contracts and Commissioning Team and other team members as necessary.

The post is varied and interesting providing specialist advice and support on our Professional Services Framework and Highways Term Maintenance contracts. The post requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills, resolving some complex issues, collaborating with a variety of internal and external customers and stakeholders.

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.

For further information on this role please contact:

Terrie Coake – Terrie.Coake@kent.gov.uk or 03000 416982

David Aspinall – David. Aspinall@kent.gov.uk or 03000 411619

Beverley Durling – Beverley. Durling@kent.gov.uk or 03000 413362

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 as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.