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Contacts

Corporate Communication
Sessions House
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XQ

Telephone icon01622 694050

Email icon county.hall @kent.gov.uk

What we do

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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"Our services aren't the same, so neither are our people."
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