Network Management Specialist

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 43860 - 47829 per annum

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 24th October 2025

Proposed Interview Date(s): 13th & 14th November

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Network Management Specialist within the Transport Strategy and Policy Team in the Environment and Transport Department. We are looking for someone to support the development and implementation of the County Councils transport policy particularly the approach to managing transport networks.

About the Role

You will have the ability to provide traffic management policy advice to assist with the development implementation and review of the County Councils transport policies and strategies (including the Network Management Plan) ensuring that they support the wider policies of the Authority.

You will assist with the development and management (including budgetary) of the delivery of transport studies and other pieces of work that provide evidence to inform future policy scheme and programme development.

You will have experience of supporting a portfolio of projects with a knowledge of project management principles. You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with diverse return you will get a chance to manage and support exciting and innovative projects that will provide the blueprint for how the department works in the future.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

Hold a degree in a relevant qualification (e.g. civil engineering or transportation) or equivalent demonstrable work experience of strategy and policy development.

You must be able to demonstrate experience in conducting and managing significant research projects to collect and analyse evidence for strategy development such as evidence bases

Also:

• Have excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to shape and influence.
• Be able to manage complex processes
• Have excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work within tight timescales whilst working under pressure.
• be able to respond confidently to customers and colleagues whilst maintaining an objective and professional stance.
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Team working and the ability to build strong relationships.
• Excellent IT skills

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Charles Sampson

Interim Team Manager Transport Strategy and Policy Team

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How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the supporting statement should beno longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

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