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If you're looking for a job that makes a real difference
to people's lives, with huge potential for career development and
with an employer that values diversity in its staff, recognises the
importance of a good work/life balance and offers an excellent
reward and benefits package, then Kent County Council could be the
employer for you.
We employ more than 44,000 people in a wide range of full and
part-time jobs, making us one of the largest employers in Kent and
one of the biggest - and 'excellent'-rated - councils in the
country.
Our services affect the daily lives of residents, workers and
visitors to the county and include:
- maintaining Kent's network of roads
- disposing more than half a million tonnes of rubbish and
recycling almost 250,000 tonnes of household rubbish every
year
- educating more than 200,000 children in primary, secondary and
special schools and pupil referral units each year
- lending 9 million items from our 117 libraries (including
mobile libraries) every year and managing art galleries in 22
libraries
- running a wide range of adult education courses from 22 adult
education centres and 300 other adult education sites
- a youth and community service in 28 centres across the county,
backed up by detached youth projects, mobile units, vocational
training centres, residential and outdoor centres and a
campsite
- helping older people to live at home and supporting older
people in residential and nursing care
- providing care packages to adult clients, including older
people and adults with a physical or learning disability or mental
health need
- looking after 'looked-after children', with a high proportion
in foster care rather than residential care
We rely on our staff, who have a variety of different skills and
experience, to deliver these high-quality services to the people of
Kent. There are many different areas you could work in,
including:
- Administration
- Business development
- Care work
- Communications and public relations
- Customer care
- Education and schools support
- Finance, accountancy and audit
- Information technology
- Legal services
- Library and information services
- Museums and art galleries
- Personnel and development
- Planning
- Policy
- Social work
- Sport
- Statistics
- Teaching
- Trading Standards
- Training and development
- Transport and road safety
- Youth and community
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