Income Recovery Team Manager

What will you be doing?

We have an exciting opportunity to take on a Team Manager role within Financial Assessment and Income. The position of Income Recovery Team Manager for our Projects team is based in Maidstone. The position available is a 1-year fixed term contract, full time (37 hours per week).

As a Team Manager in Income Recovery, you will be responsible for implementing and ensuring an effective debt recovery process designed to maximise income received into the authority. The position plays a key role in managing our Income Recovery Project Team, planning, delivering and monitoring of project outcomes. The successful candidate will produce detailed analysis on project outcomes and help to shape best practice from these outcomes into process improvements.

You will, through excellent technical knowledge and a pro-active approach, implement new and innovative ideas to improve income recovery and reduce debt owed to the authority. Working closely with your team to resolve disputes quickly and effectively, ensuring an efficient recovery process.

Positive, engaging and adaptable to change, you will take an active role in the conception and development of ideas for improvement and demonstrate enthusiasm in every aspect of service delivery.

If you are flexible, adaptable, can work under pressure, hold all the necessary skills, experience, and knowledge, and are prepared to go the extra mile, then this is an excellent opportunity for you to take on a management role within a dynamic and developing environment.

We politely request that all applicants state their interest, skills, and experience for this role (relevant to the job description) in the 'How you meet the requirements of this role’ section of their online application form.

As an employee of Kent County Council, you will receive excellent benefits, including a generous annual leave package and membership of the pension scheme. Full training and support will be provided and there will be opportunities for career progression, including support to gain relevant qualifications.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

These posts are considered by KCC to be customer-facing positions. 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.

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For further information please contact Peter Carey:

03000 410874

Peter.Carey@Kent.gov.uk

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Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.