Kent Fostering Service has been looking after children in Kent for over 40 years. We are looking for a highly motivated Fostering Recruitment Coordinator to join the most experienced fostering service in the county to help us demonstrate how Kent foster carers make a difference to the lives of Kent children.

You will be a key member of the team in coordinating and implementing the county’s marketing and recruitment plan and will need to be proficient at using a range of marketing and recruitment techniques to generate leads to recruit prospective foster carers. This will involve engaging with the wider local community, hosting and attending events, working closely with Kent Fostering Service Teams and the Kent County Council Communication Team. Experience of managing social media accounts and website use are essential to this role. The Recruitment Coordinator will work with our existing foster carers to support recruitment campaigns and information events across the county which will involve some weekend and evening working to coordinate.

We require a natural communicator with excellent IT skills who is passionate about changing children’s lives. Reporting to the Head of Fostering you will be an integral part of the Kent Fostering Service. You will be self-motivated, confident and creative, with a can-do and positive attitude.

Please note that interviews will take place two weeks after the closing date and will be held virtually via Skype or Microsoft Teams. Dates to be confirmed.
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 Standard Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To view and download the job description and person specification for this role please click here.

For further information on this role please contact Mary Hilden on 03000 415044.

Closing date: 27th April 2020