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Cambridgeshire County Council; East Cambridgeshire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

4 weeks additional annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

IDEAL network

Employee Recognition Awards

Our Cambs Rewards

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council East Cambs Family Hubs Network is recruiting a full-time Business Officer to provide high-quality administrative support to the team and contribute to children’s services delivery. The role is based mainly in Ely with travel across East Cambridgeshire, including Littleport and Soham.

The post is on-site three days a week, with opportunities to develop through the council's wellbeing and development programmes, volunteering, and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• CV outlining your previous roles, experience and qualifications.
• Supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria.
• Appointment subject to Enhanced Disclosure ( DBS ) and safeguarding commitments.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality administrative support to the team.
• Help ensure smooth and effective delivery of services.
• Develop knowledge of Children’s Services within a Local Authority.
• Liaise with colleagues, professionals and the public by phone, email and face to face.
• Maintain confidentiality and data protection requirements.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Microsoft Office

Data protection

Customer service

Job description

East Cambs Family Hubs Network - Business Officer

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 East Cambs Family Hubs Network.

Family Hubs 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 3 days per week.

The successful candidate will be mainly based in Ely but must be able to travel and work flexibly across locations in East Cambridgeshire, including Littleport and Soham, where services are delivered.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Linda Aguilar, Senior Business Officer via

Interview date: Tuesday 3 November 2026

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…

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.

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:

• Work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Use a methodical approach, with clear communication and strong organisational skills
• Confidently use Microsoft Office packages and work with databases
• Liaise with colleagues, professionals and members of the public by phone, email and face to face
• 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:

• A CV outlining your previous roles, experience and qualifications
• 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.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

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