Business Officer - Sunley House, Summers Hill Drive, Papworth Everard, United Kingdom

Business Officer - Sunley House, Summers Hill Drive, Papworth Everard, United Kingdom

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

We currently have a 29.6 hours a week (29 hours, 36 minutes), Business Officer post available, working for the Early Years, Childcare and School Readiness Service. The post is fixed term until .

The Business Officer (HAF) plays a key role in supporting the delivery of the Cambridgeshire Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, helping to make a positive difference to children, young people and families across the county.
Working closely with the HAF Coordinator and wider team, you will support the administration, coordination and delivery of the programme. We are a small, busy team managing a high volume of enquiries, data and provider information, so the successful candidate will need to be highly organised, able to prioritise competing demands and maintain a high level of accuracy while working at pace.

When completing your application, please use the supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements of the Person Specification, providing recent examples wherever possible.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before applying, please contact Allison Box, HAF Co-ordinator, at

The interviews will take place on Tuesday 29 September at Sunley House, Summers Hill Drive, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB23 3AB.

This post will be based Sunley House but we are a flexible employer and support hybrid working from the office and at home.

About you

You will have recent and substantial experience working in a business support environment, with a proven ability to manage a varied workload while maintaining excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

You will be confident using the internet and Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and particularly Excel, and will have experience maintaining records, processing information and working to deadlines. You will be self-motivated, organised, efficient, flexible and resilient, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.

You will also demonstrate experience of providing a positive and sensitive service to members of the public and building effective working relationships with colleagues and external partners. An understanding of the HAF Programme and a commitment to its aims and values would be advantageous.

About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.