Senior Business Officer

As a Senior Business Officer, you will play a key role in ensuring efficient service delivery and supporting our team in meeting the needs of our community. The successful candidate will be part of a highly motivated team, working closely with a range of professionals and communicating with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels. Delivering an effective service and outcomes for our Children and Young People. This will include a high level of support to the team in relation to gathering data and fulfilling a management administrative role within meetings and supporting panels as required.,

• Provide high-quality administrative support, offering creative solutions to operational challenges.


• Lead and motivate a team of Business Officers, ensuring their success through regular coaching and support, and overseeing their daily activities and workloads.


• Coordinate and support ongoing projects, contributing to the continuous improvement of our services.


• Collaborate with other Senior Business Officers to maintain consistency and excellence in our practices.


• Support changes that impact the Business Support workforce and provide advice to service/team managers and their teams - reallocating resources as required, 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.
  
  You will be an organised, calm, and proactive person who is motivated to work independently and as part of the wider team to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people. You will also have:


• Strong management skills as you will be line managing staff.


• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.


• Experienced in Windows and Microsoft packages.


• Experienced in minute-taking and administrative support.


• Exceptional team-working abilities with a knack for influencing and leading others.


• A positive, can-do attitude with a commitment to learning and professional growth.


• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage workload effectively.


• A customer-focused approach and the ability to build strong working relationships.


• Be willing to share your knowledge and experience with your colleagues
  
  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.
  
  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.


https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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


We would like to hear from you if you would like to be part of our conscientious and passionate team!