Business Officer

Cambridgeshire County Council; Alconbury; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

4 weeks extra annual leave (salary sac

Flexible bank holidays

Additional Voluntary Contributions top

Development opportunities

Volunteer hours

Discounts through Our Cambs Rewards

Car Lease

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking a focused and flexible Business Officer to join the Business Operations Team in the Place & Sustainability Directorate. You will provide professional administration across Transport & Connectivity, Infrastructure & Project Delivery and Environment, Planning & Economy.

Based at New Shire Hall with a flexible working pattern across Cambridgeshire, you will manage calendars, organise meetings, and produce minutes while delivering high‑quality

Qualifications

• GCSEs in English and Maths (A-C) or equivalent.
• Experience with Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to manage calendars and book meetings.
• Experience taking and distributing minutes.

Responsibilities

• Provide business support to colleagues across Directorate areas.
• Manage workloads and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
• Coordinate meetings and prepare documentation.
• Represent the service in a professional manner.

Skills

Organisational skills

Calendar management

Meeting minutes

Communication

Education

GCSEs in English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

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Working Hours:

20

Location:

New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent, Alconbury Weald

Closing Date:

11/10/2026

Job Category:

Administration

Organisation:

Cambridgeshire County Council

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

You will be working in a busy environment, providing business support to various colleagues across the Place & Sustainability Directorate. Covering areas such as Transport & Connectivity, Infrastructure & Project Delivery and Environment, Planning & Economy.

Interviews will be held at New Shire Hall, week commencing Monday 19th October.

For information enquiries. please contact Lizzie Wakelin

We are looking for a focused and flexible Business Officer to work within the Business Operations Team within the Place & Sustainability Directorate.

This role will be based at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald but have a flexible structure to cope with varying workload pressures and the post holder will be required to regularly work from a number of bases across Cambridgeshire.

We are looking for a candidate who will be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines with an ability to prioritise, organise and manage their own workload and have excellent interpersonal skills combined with the ability to represent the service in a positive and professional manner.

About you

You will be an organised, proactive and enthusiastic individual who is keen to learn and develop, an excellent communicator, both spoken and written.

Along with GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade A-C or equivalent, you will be experienced with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook packages and have the ability to work with set processes/procedures. You will have previous experience in calendar management, setting up meetings and taking minutes.

We are looking for a motivated and proactive individual who works effectively with colleagues as part of a team and demonstrates a positive, "can-do" attitude. The successful candidate will be eager to learn, develop their skills, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the service.

The role requires someone who can work flexibly and independently under minimal supervision, while also collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders. You will be able to manage your workload, adapt to changing priorities, and take responsibility for delivering high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

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.

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