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We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed team member to join our Education Welfare Benefits Team on a full time, permanent basis (fixed term option available). This is an exciting and challenging role and the successful applicant will need to be flexible, approachable, self-motivated, highly organised, and able to adapt to ever changing demands in a fast paced environment.
This is a flexible role which will be based in Alconbury Weald but the opportunity to work from home and work from other locations across Cambridgeshire is available.
The Education Welfare Benefits Team are responsible for delivering an essential service in determining eligibility of children in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for Free School Meals, Early Years Funding for 2 Year Olds and Early Years Pupil Premium.
The successful candidate will have the ability to prioritise workloads for themselves on a daily basis, according to the required timescales. They will be a good team player but also able to use their own initiative and work with minimal supervision.
The post holder will provide an effective and friendly service to parents/carers and schools. They will process applications and respond to any queries relating to children who may be eligible for these benefits.
As one of the first points of contact for enquiries, you must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A friendly, sensitive approach is equally critical to the success of the Service.
You will work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, producing work to a high standard. The post holder will have excellent IT, with Knowledge of Microsoft office package. Data entry onto the Capita ONE database also forms part of the role, for which training will be provided.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Helen Gregg, helen.gregg@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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
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 Employer. 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. Some examples of adjustments 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.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
