Executive Support Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Support Officer to join East Kent Colleges Group.

The successful candidate will be working in a small team of Executive Support Officers to provide high level support to the Executive team. This includes comprehensive diary management, ensuring time is structured and organised to meet the priorities of the Executive team, arranging internal and external meetings and minuting a series of committee meetings. You will be responsible for the preparation, collation and distribution of agendas and meeting papers for a range of Group committee meetings, attending as minute secretary, preparing comprehensive minutes in a timely manner. A degree of flexibility is required to attend meetings across our colleges within East Kent as and when required.

We are seeking to appoint an Executive Support Officer who is highly organised and has excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with senior members of the organisation and external stakeholders.

You will be

• proficient in all Microsoft packages.


• experienced in organising complex diaries and arranging multiple meetings


• have excellent grammar and communication skills and


• able to juggle and prioritise multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.


• capable of minuting formal meetings and proactively taking forward actions through to conclusion


• flexible and adaptable to work at any of the six colleges when required


It is desirable that you have Maths and English GCSE grade 4 or above along with 3 A-Levels or equivalent in a relevant qualification.

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

EKC Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. The Group's designation as a 'designated establishment' means that all posts within EKC Group are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. We therefore have an obligation to carry out robust checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults; applicants are therefore advised that appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all successful applicants; job offers will be made on the basis of satisfactory DBS and other checks, including the receipt of two references. If you are successful in obtaining an interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process. Applicants should note that it is a criminal

Working at EKC Group is extremely rewarding with excellent benefits

• Genuine rewarding role


• Competitive holiday entitlement


• Store, retail and gym discounts


• Cycle to work scheme


• Opportunity to progress, train and develop


• Generous pension scheme


• Laptop/tablet provided to every staff member