Kings Hill, West Malling, England, GB (Hybrid)1 open job
Kent County Council-owned UK trading group running procurement, IT, HR/payroll, recruitment, energy, legal and facilities services for over 22,000 public and private sector customers.
Commercial Services Group is one of the UK's largest publicly owned, privately run trading organisations, wholly owned by Kent County Council. Its operating footprint is wide and data-heavy: procurement systems, HR and payroll support, IT services, energy and environmental management, legal services, plus recruitment, education supply, landscape maintenance and waste management. The customer base spans education, higher education, local government, healthcare, housing, charities and the private sector - more than 22,000 customers across a portfolio of 33 specialist businesses, with presence in the United Kingdom and internationally.
For security work, that breadth is the threat model. Payroll and HR records, procurement and budget tooling, and IT services delivered into schools, councils, health bodies and housing organisations mean a large surface of regulated and citizen-adjacent data, distributed across many business units rather than a single estate. Verticals like local government and healthcare carry their own compliance and assurance obligations; the legal services arm exists in part to support regulatory and compliance duties across the group.
The organisation runs on a public-sector mandate combined with commercial operating practice: publicly owned, privately run, with a substantial proportion of profits reinvested into frontline public services and social initiatives. Technical domains in scope include IT services, energy and environmental management, procurement systems, and HR and payroll support. Founding year and team size are not published.
