Business Officer - Regional Adoption Agency - Huntingdon, United Kingdom

Business Officer - Regional Adoption Agency - Huntingdon, United Kingdom

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 the role

The Regional Adoption Agency require a full time (37 hour) Business Officer (part-time will be considered for the right candidate) to support the Letter Box team.

Your role will primarily be to administer Post box requests which entails uploading agreements for letter box contact to a portal, dealing with queries from birth parents and adoptive parents, sending letters and information to both Adoptive parents and birth parents. You may also be required to minute Adoption Medical Meetings, Child Appreciation Days and other meetings where appropriate for which training will be provided. You may also be required to carry out other tasks across other teams within the Regional Adoption Agency and/or Childrens social care.

You will need good administration skills and the ability to prioritise your work. This role has specific deadlines that need to be adhered to, so will require attention to detail and accuracy to ensure that these are met. Good communication skills will also be required as you will be liaising with external agencies such as medical professionals, other local authorities and Government bodies.

You will be expected to work on your own initiative, keep calm under pressure and work to deadlines. You should have a methodical, concise and flexible 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.

You do not need to meet all of the essential criteria to be able to apply, we are looking for enthusiastic people who are keen to learn.

This role is primarily based in Huntingdon, but there may be a need for you to travel to Peterborough.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact

Ruth Edley - ruth.edley@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Susan Place - susan.place@cambridgeshre.gov.uk

About you0About usCambridgeshire 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 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.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit 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.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers