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…
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A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
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Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
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Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
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Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
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Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
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Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
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Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
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Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
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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
Are you looking for an opportunity to work within a Local Authority and gain valuable experience in Children’s Services? We are recruiting a full-time business officer to provide high-quality administrative support to the Fenland Child and Family Centre team.
Child and Family Centres sit within a wider Targeted Support District team. The service aims to improve outcomes for all children and reduce inequalities for those experiencing disadvantage.
This is a fully in-person role, requiring attendance on-site 5 days per week.
The successful candidate will be mainly based in Chatteris and March but must be able to travel and work flexibly across locations in Fenland where services are delivered.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Michelle Corbett, Senior Business Officer via [email protected]
Interview date: Wednesday 16 September 2026
What will you be doing?
You will provide high-quality administrative support to the team, helping ensure the smooth and effective delivery of services. This role offers an excellent introduction to working within a Local Authority and the opportunity to develop your knowledge of Children’s Services.
In this role, you will:
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Work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and meet tight deadlines
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Use a methodical approach, with clear communication and strong organisational skills
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Confidently use Microsoft Office packages and work with databases
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Liaise with colleagues, professionals and members of the public by phone, email and face to face
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Maintain a high standard of confidentiality and adhere to data protection requirements
About you
We are looking for an organised, proactive and enthusiastic individual who is keen to learn and develop.
Please provide:
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A CV outlining your previous roles, experience and qualifications
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A supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification
You do not need to meet every essential criterion to apply. We welcome applications from enthusiastic people who are keen to learn.
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.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit 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.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
