Overview
Education Capital and Place Planning Officer – New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent. Enterprise Campus, Alconbury weald, Huntingdon. PE28 4YE, 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
We are seeking applicants with excellent project management, analytical and communication skills to join the team who ensure there are sufficient early education and school 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 schools, consultants, contractors, governing bodies, academy trusts and the Department for Education) to plan and deliver projects to meet this statutory duty.
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 years and childcare places and school places for children and young people, including those with SEND, in the 0-25 age range.
We will consider applications for full or part time working, subject to being able to deliver the overall team capacity required.
More information can be found in the attached job description.
Interviews will be via teams on Tuesday 19th May 2026
For informal enquiries about this role, please contact Rachael Pinion Rachael.pinion@cambridgeshire.gov.uk for more information. A telephone call can be arranged should you wish.
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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.
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.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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