Business Officer – Amundsen House, St Ives, 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 are looking for a part time (22.5 hours) Business Officer to join our busy team providing administration support to the Learning Disability Partnership in Adult Social Care. This will be a Countywide role based in the St Ives area.
This is a varied role and you will be doing tasks such as:
- Electronic correspondence and communications in a variety of forms
- Taking telephone calls from service providers, service users and families
- Taking minutes at multi-disciplinary team meetings
- Preparing agendas for meetings and the distribution of minutes thereafter
- Some processing and raising of invoices and recording spend on Excel spreadsheets
- Updating adult records on the internal system
- Working alongside and supporting Social Workers and Team Managers
About you
You will have good administration skills and the ability to prioritise, as this can be a fast-paced role often with deadlines. You will have excellent customer service and communication skills.
You will be expected to work on your own initiative, as well as part of a team and be able to stay calm under pressure.
You should have a methodical and concise approach to tasks and the ability to prioritise workloads effectively. You will need a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft packages (Word and Excel) and be able to use databases.
However, please note, you do not need to meet all the essential criteria to be able to apply, we are looking for enthusiastic people who are keen to learn.
Do you have the following:
Essential – General Education to GCSE standard with an A-C grade in English & Maths or equivalent standard
Desirable – CLAIT/IBT2/RSA/ECDL
Desirable – NVQ/or other qualification in Business Administration
Are you able to travel across the areas of City, South and East Cambridgeshire District?
Please evidence how you meet the criteria outlined in the Job Description within your Supporting Statement.
The closing date for applications is Monday 15 June 2026.
Interviews will be held face to face on Monday 22 June 2026 at New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent, Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4YE
If you are interested in this opportunity and have questions about the role please contact:
Venus Mackie – Senior Business Officer
Venus.Mackie@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About usCambridgeshire 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.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit 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.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…