Education Capital and Place Planning Officer

We are seeking applicants for a 12 months fixed term post with excellent project management, analytical and communication skills to join the team who ensure there are sufficient early education and childcare places in Cambridgeshire for children and young people in the 0-19 age range and up to the age of 25 for those with special educational needs and disability (SEND). The successful applicant will work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders (including settings, schools, governing bodies, academy trusts and the Department for Education) to ensure that the Council has a secure understanding of local sufficiency and proactively engages with the market to facilitate the creation of places, where 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.

Applicants need to be educated to degree level or equivalent and be able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework governing the provision of early education and school aged childcare, and school places for children and young people, including those with SEND, in the 0-25 age range.

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.

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