Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 12th April 2026
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Business Services Team for a Business Services Development Officer. This post will sit within the Environment and Transport Department.
The successful candidate will be joining a small, positive, and proactive team. We pride ourselves on being friendly, efficient and helpful whilst always working to learn and develop to continually improve the services we offer.
About the Role
The role is suitable for a range of candidates from those with an administrative background looking for the next step in their career or a more experienced candidate who has some prior experience and knowledge of business planning and/or performance management.
The role supports the Business Services Development Manager and Business Planning Manager in providing internal managers with advice and support on business services including business planning, risk management, performance management, data protection and other specialist business functions.
The role is career graded from grade 7-9 which is from £26,832 to £34,359 per year and the successful candidate may be appointed at any pay scale within that range, depending on experience working within a business planning, risk management, performance management or data protection environment.
A formal progression plan detailing the requirements to progress will be provided to the successful candidate. An accompanying training plan will be agreed with the successful candidate to ensure they are fully supported to gain the knowledge and experience to progress through the career grades.
Tasks and responsibilities will be based on the individuals place within the career grading scheme.
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About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Experience maintaining administrative systems including the ability to update and analyse data with great attention to detail.
- Ability to provide effective support on a range of topics to internal managers whilst remaining positive and solution focussed. You will also require good organisational skills with the ability to planand prioritise your workload which may have conflicting priorities.
- Able to use your initiative to work independently while maintaining a strong commitment to teamwork.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including presentation skills) and the ability to respond to challenging conversations in a positive and constructive manner.
- Ability to build strong, open and transparent relationships based on trust and respect.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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