The Climate Change and Energy Service is a busy service with a £100million investment portfolio across a wide set of programmes and projects that seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions, save energy and generate clean renewable energy to benefit our communities, businesses and the Council. We compete for government and other grants to support climate innovation in both policy and projects, working closely with  a range of internal and external partners.

Interviews for the role will take place on either 20th or 21st February 2022.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Sheryl French on 01223 728552, sheryl.french@cambridgeshire.gov.uk  or Linda Cornwell on 01223 699934,  linda.cornwell@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

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

This role  sits at the centre of the service, coordinating the commercialisation of projects and programmes including finance and office systems and processes, invoicing income and managing debt; record keeping, liaising with clients and colleagues on grant and commercial agreements,  and setting up new agreements and billing arrangements. The role will also identify improvement projects, manage business system changes and guide the team to learn and adapt to new corporate systems and processes. 

You will have a strong service culture, a 'can do' collaborative approach to problem solving; be highly organised and plan ahead whilst also having some finance and office experience under your belt.  You will be required to scrutinise information for accuracy, have strong IT literacy and a willingness to pick up the phone to talk to people when there are issues or problems to resolve. You will have strong listening and negotiating skills that will work for the benefit of all parties when solving problems. Reporting to the Assistant Director for Climate Change and Energy Services you will  be confident advising on invoices, office systems, areas for service improvements and your work with the team.

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 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. 

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