About the role
Business Officer – Youth Justice Service
Would you like a varied and rewarding role where your organisation, communication and problem-solving skills can help make a real difference to children, families and communities?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and proactive Business Officer to join our Business Support team working with the Youth Justice Service (YJS).
This is a 37-hour post based at Scott House, Huntingdon, with the opportunity to combine office based and home working. We are also happy to consider a part-time job-share arrangement.
About the Youth Justice Service
The Youth Justice Service is a statutory, multi-agency service working primarily with children aged 10 to 17 who have offended or are at risk of offending. Our work is focused on preventing and reducing offending and reoffending, protecting the public, and helping children achieve positive outcomes.
YJS brings together professionals from children's social care, education, police, probation, health and other specialist services. Working together enables us to take a whole-child approach, considering each child's strengths, needs, vulnerabilities and individual circumstances alongside their offending behaviour.
The service supports children at different stages of the youth justice system, including at police stations and court, through out-of-court disposals and community sentences, during periods in custody and following release. We also work closely with families and partner agencies to address factors that may contribute to offending and help children make positive and sustainable changes.
Our work also includes supporting victims of youth crime, including through restorative justice where appropriate.
As a Business Officer, you'll be an important part of the Youth Justice Service, providing the high-quality business support that helps a busy multi-agency service run effectively.
This is a varied role where your attention to detail, organisation and ability to keep things moving will make a genuine contribution to the work of the service.
What will you be doing?
Your work will include:
- maintaining accurate case records and electronic information
- processing referrals and court information
- monitoring key dates, actions and statutory processes
- coordinating and supporting multi-agency meetings and panels
- preparing correspondence, reports and other documentation
- supporting data quality and performance reporting
- liaising with practitioners, colleagues and partner agencies
- helping to ensure information is accurate, up to date and available when it is needed.
By providing reliable and effective Business Support, you'll help our practitioners spend more of their time focusing on their direct work with children and families.
About you
We are looking for someone who enjoys being part of a team, takes pride in providing a high-quality service and brings a positive, flexible and 'can do' approach to their work.
You'll be comfortable working in a busy environment where priorities can change, and you'll be able to organise your own workload while contributing to the wider work of the team.
You will need:
- good IT skills, including experience of Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- experience of using client databases or electronic record systems
- excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise, plan ahead and meet deadlines
- good written and verbal communication skills
- a methodical and accurate approach to your work
- the confidence to use your own initiative and problem-solve when needed
- the ability to remain calm and organised when working under pressure
- good interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- confidence communicating with colleagues, professionals and partner agencies by email, telephone and face to face
- an understanding of the importance of confidentiality and data protection.
You do not need to underestimate the value of strong Business Support skills in this role. If you are organised, adaptable, enjoy working with others and want to use your skills in a service that makes a difference to children and families, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Please use your supporting statement to tell us how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the essential criteria in the person specification.
We recognise that relevant experience can be gained in different settings. If you have strong administrative or Business Support skills and can demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements of the role, we encourage you to apply even if you have not previously worked within Youth Justice.
If you are interested in this opportunity or have some questions, please contact:
Liz Kilby – Senior Business Officer - Liz.kilby@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 07838533607
The closing date for applications is midnight on 21 October 2026. Interviews will be arranged for the week of 2 November 2026 in Huntingdon.
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 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.
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