About the role
The role involves managing, supervising, and supporting the development of the Child and Family Centre team to deliver Family Hub services that address locally identified needs across Fenland meeting the outcomes of Cambridgeshire's Best Start in Life.
Responsibilities include providing leadership and management, as well as facilitating integrated service delivery with key partners based on the requirements of local needs.
You will also have the responsibility to manage the budget for the Child and Family Centre/Family Hub for Fenland. This role is key to ensuring the effective management of resources, particularly deployment of staff and working collaboratively with partners to maximise resources.
About you
We are seeking an inspiring and experienced leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and families. You will bring strong operational management skills, with the ability to lead and motivate teams, manage resources effectively, and deliver high-quality, inclusive services across a range of settings. You will be confident working collaboratively with partners, using data and insight to shape services, and engaging families—particularly those who may find it harder to access support. With a solid understanding of safeguarding, early years development, and relevant legislation, you will be committed to providing a responsive, community-focused service that meets local needs and drives continuous improvement.
If you would like any further information about this role, please contact targetedsupport.hos@cambridgeshire.gov.uk to arrange a telephone call.
Please evidence how you meet the essential criteria relevant to the role in your supporting statement.
The closing date for applications is 9th October 2026 and interviews will be held on 19th October 2026.
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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