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Maidstone's high employment rate, skilled staff and wealth of
schools, colleges and work-based training opportunities underpin a
strong workforce which is also the largest in Kent.
Find out more about the County Town of Kent as a place to
live work and enjoy. For more information on economic development
and working, living and investing in the town visit the
Locate in
Maidstone website.
For information on the best places to visit, stay, eat, drink
and for things to do in Maidstone why not visit our Visit Maidstone website.
Maidstone has an average population of 148,200 people
and as a natural growth point it has a commitment to deliver 11,000
new homes and 10,000 new jobs.
It is ideally located for UK and European markets being just 35
miles from London and the Channel Tunnel and has
a successful investment track record - a
total of £400m public/private Town Centre regeneration
projects delivered and a £320m future investment
programme.
Our Priorities
We want Maidstone to be......
- A place to achieve, prosper and thrive
- A place that is clean and green
- A place that has strong, healthy and safe communities
- A place to live and enjoy
- A place with efficient and effective public services
Our Values
Underpinning what we do are the
council’s values – the values describe how we want to work and the
‘way we do things round here’.
Superb Customer Service
Teamwork
Responsibility for delivering on our
promises
Integrity and High Standards of Corporate
Governance
Value for Money
Equality within a Diverse Organisation
Our Promise
The council promises its customers
that it will:
- Respond to all letters within 10
working days, or let our customers know when they can expect a
reply. If this is not possible, the customer should be informed of
when they can expect a reply;
- Answer 80% of contact centre calls at
first point of contact;
- Respond to e.mails within two working
days. If this is not possible an email should be sent advising the
customer of when they can expect a reply;
- Pick up 90% of telephone calls within
15 seconds (six rings)
- Respond to 85% of visitors within
fifteen minutes
- Monitor customer service to improve
training and quality
Our People Providing your Services
Street Cleansing Team
Here is (from left to right) Alan Smitherman, team leader and
Nick Page, section leader who form part of our area based cleaning
street cleansing team.
They are responsible for keeping Maidstone Clean and
Tidy.
If you want to know more about street cleansing and waste
services - find
it.
Environmental Enforcement Officers
This picture shows (from left to right) Ian
Hills, Environmental Crime Warden; Michael Swoffer, Pollution
Technical Officer; Terry O’Brien, Pollution Technical Officer
and Louise Baverstock, Environmental Crime Warden patrolling
Brenchley Gardens in Maidstone.
The teams daily role is to enforce and provide advice on all
aspects of Environmental and Public Health legislation. Specialist
Staff within the team also respond to complaints from the public
regarding Stray Dogs, Animals, Dog Fouling, Littering, Domestic and
Commercial Waste, Accumulations, Flytipping and Illegal Street
Trading.
If you have an issue you want our team to deal with -
report
it.
Contact Centre
Here is (from left to right) Matt Cotton, who is a senior
customer service advisor, Michael Durling and Sara
Al-Badri who are Customer Service Advisors and Michelle Lee who
handles switchboard calls. All four work in our Contact
Centre
Their daily role involves answering the phones and being the
first point of contact for our customers.
If you have a question or need help or advice contact
us.
Hotfoot Summer Playscheme
Sarah Weller enjoys her first year on Hotfoot at Oaktrees
Community School as an Arts and Craft Specialist.
Her duties include leading all arts and crafts session with the
children including colouring, painting and paper mache play; to
be able to adapt the activities to suit all abilities and
needs; ensuring the well being and safety of the children
attending the scheme and mentoring other site staff, and
encouraging full participation in the activities.
If you're interested in becoming a play leader you can find out
more about the
opportunities available.
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Other vacancies in the area - South East Employers offer further
employment opportunities in the south east. Teaching jobs in
Kent can be found on the Kent Teach website.