Resource Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Resource Officer is responsible for identifying and monitoring effective resources for vulnerable children/ young people (and their families where appropriate) and is required to negotiate contracts and develop relationships with a variety of providers.

This role is for a fixed term period til July 2026.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Annabel Oldham - Annabel.Oldham.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

You will undertake a workload which will involve forming collaborative working relationships with colleagues in Children and Young Peoples Services and our partner agencies.

You will negotiate, liaise, professionally challenge and develop relationships with internal and external providers and partnership agencies to develop high quality, value for money provision that is as close to the child/young persons home, where possible. This includes negotiating expectations and issuing contract documents for each resource.

You will also implement resourcing outcomes from the relevant panels; commissioning requirements and / or seeking creative solutions and will monitor resources against the contract and individual outcomes. This will include visiting providers (including not limited to residential homes, supported living projects, fostering agencies, family support agencies).

You will be required to Identify gaps in provision and any trends in services, using management information effectively and writing reports to present findings.

To ensure the demands of the service are met, a requirement of this role is to provide emergency support during weekend and bank holiday periods.

You will be educated at least to A level or NVQ level 3 standard with a working knowledge of the policies, legislation and guidance linked to Children and Young People`s services and preferably with previous experience of working with external agencies and service providers.

You will need to have strong IT and analytical skills and be able to evaluate information in a critical way. You will be a confident communicator, able to negotiate and challenge in a constructive way.

You will also possess excellent time management skills and be able to work to deadlines.

The ability and flexibility to travel throughout the country is also an essential part of the role.

Please use your supporting statement to outline how your skills and experience match the criteria set out in the attached Job Description/Person specification.

Interviews for this role will be held week commencing 11th August 2025.

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 dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont 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

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire County Council

Address

Huntingdon

PE28 4YE

Employer's website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)