About the role
The Residential Support Service operates 3 (with a 4th in the process of opening) Children’s Homes across Cambridgeshire providing Short Breaks / Shared Care and Long Term Care to Disabled Children and Young People.
This post is predominantly to support one home, Haviland Way, in Cambridge, however you will be asked to travel to other homes to provide support and attend meetings.
Haviland Way is a 4 bedded Short Breaks and Shared Care Home who provide overnight care to Children, Young People and support to their families.
The role of Business Officer will involve tasks such as answering telephone calls, purchasing of items, financial support such as Credit Card coding, Petty Cash reconciliation and spend logging and tracking – providing support to the Registered Manager and Senior Business Officer to analyse the budget position, Timesheet processing, Minute Taking.
This role will also provide support around training across the service as well as other tasks assigned by the Senior Business Officer.
We offer a comprehensive package of support, training and guidance from a dedicated team of Business Officers based across the Homes.
If you are interested in this opportunity or have questions about the role, please contact: Lisa Kane 07818 580763
Interviews will be held on 21st August 2023
Please note that this position is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
What will you be doing?
The role of Business Officer will involve tasks such as answering telephone calls, purchasing of items, financial support such as Credit Card coding, Petty Cash reconciliation and spend logging and tracking – providing support to the Registered Manager and Senior Business Officer to analyse the budget position, Timesheet processing, Minute Taking.
This role will also provide support around training across the service as well as other tasks assigned by the Senior Business Officer.
About you
You will work as part of a busy team and have direct contact with Families and Children and Young People so must possess good interpersonal and communication skills. You will need to work on your own initiative; keep calm under pressure and be able to 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.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- 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
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.
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