Arts Business Administrator – Histon, United Kingdom

Company: Cambridgeshire County Council
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Location: Cambridge
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Arts Business Administrator – Histon, 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

You will be providing friendly, efficient, customer-facing, front-line public services to clients and partners of Cambridgeshire Music within our Business Team. You will need to be able to work on occasion on evenings at some weekends, as required to meet service needs. You will be supported and supervised and have responsibility for managing stock and equipment as required. Our customer services include reception, digital systems support, information provision and face to face transactions with service users. Alongside this you will help our service run well by completing a range of administration tasks.

Within the day to day running of our Histon Music and Cultural Education Centre, activities can include helping set up spaces, library and instrument loan and general building operation and assisting in the delivery of events.

This post is offered initially on a 12 months fixed term basis and conversion to a permanent role will be considered during the contract period.

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.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Jason Howard RM on jason.howard@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

About you

We would like to hear from enthusiastic, motivated individuals who will provide a high standard of administration and customer service, striving to exceed our stakeholders needs and expectations.

Acan-do, flexible attitude goes a long way with us, especially when accompanied by a smile. This is a great opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills of the Music Education sectorwhilst working in a dynamic environment.

You will have:

  • Developing IT skills, basicknowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to work in databases.
  • An organised and flexible approach to work, to enable you to multi-task and prioritise effectively.
  • Administration skills enabling you to work independently.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, providing the ability to represent the service in a positive and professional manner.
  • Awareness of the need for confidentiality, sensitivity of information and GDPR.

If this sounds like you, please demonstrate how you meet all the essential criteria of the person specification in your application.

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

Posted: July 2nd, 2026