Business Officer

1 week ago


Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

About the role
The Fostering Service require a Full Time Business Officer to predominantly support and complete Foster Panel Administration Tasks on a Fixed Term basis until August 2024. In addition to supporting and completing Foster Panel Administration Tasks, you will be required to support other functions within the Fostering Service.

There will be a mixture of office & home working for this role.

The position will be based in Huntingdon.

Interviews will be held in St Ives week commencing the 14th August 2023.

For more Information about Fostering, please visit: Fostering in Cambridgeshire - Cambridgeshire County Council

What will you be doing?
You will be preparing Documentation in preparation for Foster Panel, taking detailed and concise minutes at our Foster Panel's, sending documentation out to our Foster Carers and completing tasks on our In House Recording System.

You may be asked to support other functions within the Fostering Service, such as requesting and collating references as part of the Recruitment and Assessment of our Foster Carers, preparing documentation and sending out feedback requests to professionals and foster carers/children to gain feedback in preparation for our Foster Carers Reviews, processing invoices and assisting with the uploading of paperwork to our In House Recording System.

About you
You will need to be flexible in your approach to work, as this is a varied role. You will need good administration skills and the ability to prioritise as this is a fast paced role with short statutory deadlines. Experience in Minute Taking would be desirable but training can be provided.

You will be expected to work on your own initiative, keep calm under pressure and work to tight deadlines. 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 and in house software.

Please evidence on your supporting statement how you meet the essential criteria of the person specification. However, please note, you do not need to meet all of the essential criteria to be able to apply, we are looking for enthusiastic people who are keen to learn.

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 believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

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.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme


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