Kent Graduate Programme
Whether it’s social care, education, transport or strategic planning, our focus is on improving lives. We want to ensure every pound spent in the county delivers better outcomes for our residents, communities and businesses. If you have a 2:2 degree or equivalent, join our graduate programme and we'll help you achieve your ambitions as you help us achieve ours.
We are responsible for providing more than 300 public services such as education, transport, strategic planning, emergency services, social services, public safety and waste disposal.
Our award-winning graduate programme is profession-based and enables individuals to build a long-term career in their desired professional area.
We are a flexible employer and offer hybrid working with opportunities to work flexibly from home and from one of our offices in Kent. Read more about the many benefits of working for us.
If you’d like us to let you know when we're recruiting, register your interest in the Kent Graduate Programme.
Our professional pathways include an embedded apprenticeship, typically last for 2 to 3 years and provide opportunities to build a broad range of experience together with access to the professional networks to support your success. Find out more about our graduate professional pathways:
Planning pathway
Join us as a Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Graduate Officer to contribute to a programme of work enabling infrastructure delivery and to support high quality economic and housing growth across Kent. Applications open on 30 June.
Find out more about the planning pathway
Transport pathway
As a Graduate Transport and Development Planner, you’ll play a key role in shaping Kent’s transport infrastructure to support sustainable development. Applications open on 30 June.
Training and development
As a trainee on our graduate programme, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your skills and earn a recognised apprenticeship qualification tailored to your chosen professional pathway.
You'll also gain access to our extensive range of e-learning courses and our comprehensive Digital Skills Hub, offering learning at all levels across various Microsoft packages.
We also offer a graduate development framework which consists of meetings with senior officers and politicians, discussions on key council initiatives, and bespoke face-to-face graduate development sessions designed to meet the needs of the graduate cohort - everything you need to build a successful career in local government.
We are one of the top 50 companies for graduates
The JobCrowd rates the best UK businesses for graduate employment. We have been ranked in the top 50 for our opportunities for career progression, our training schemes and the work life balance we provide our employees and top in the charity, education and public sector category.
