Business Officer

Cambridgeshire County Council; Papworth Everard; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Pension AVCs

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is recruiting for a Business Officer (HAF) to support the administration of the Holiday Activities and Food programme in Papworth Everard. The role is 29.6 hours per week, fixed term to 31 March 2029, with hybrid working from Sunley House and home.

You will help manage data, respond to enquiries, and process provider documentation using Excel, Word and Teams, while maintaining high accuracy and meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• Recent and substantial experience in a business support environment.
• Ability to manage a varied workload with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience maintaining records, processing information and meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support administration systems and processes of the HAF Programme.
• Manage data, records and payments to HAF providers using spreadsheets and digital systems.
• Respond to enquiries from families and providers with timely, professional support.
• Process provider documentation accurately within deadlines using Excel, Word and Teams.
• Help the team meet programme deadlines through organisation and prioritisation.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel

Data management

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

Job description

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£26,403 - £28,142 per annum (The pro rata salary for this role starting at SCP 7 is £21,122.40 for 29.6hrs)

Working Hours:

29.6

Location:

Closing Date:

21/09/2026

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 nomi nate 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 31.03.29.

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.

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.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you will:

• Support the administration systems and processes of the HAF Programme, ensuring information is accurate and processed efficiently.
• Manage and maintain data, records and payments to HAF providers using spreadsheets and other digital systems.
• Respond to enquiries from families and providers, delivering timely, professional support.
• Process provider documentation accurately and within agreed deadlines using Microsoft Excel, Word and Teams.
• Support the team to meet programme deadlines through effective organisation, prioritisation and attention to detail.

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.

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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