Business Partner IT and Digital (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Room 400 / G10 County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 63027 - 69342 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term to cover a one-year secondment

Closing Date: 9th November 2025

Interview Date(s): 20 / 21 November 2025

Ready to shape the future of IT and digital and make a real impact
Step into a role where every day brings new challenges and opportunities.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Business Partner to join our IT & Digital team. This pivotal role will see you working at the heart of the organisation collaborating closely with stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality digital and IT solutions that drive business transformation and service excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice challenge and direction to departmental teams about the effective use and management of IT and digital resources and solutions ensuring they are delivered on time within quality constraints and within budget constraints.
• Engage departmental management teams senior managers and the wider IT and Digital Service in the development of IT and digital objectives and the prioritisation of work programmes.
• Contribute to the successful development and implementation of the councils digital and IT priorities ensuring alignment with the councils corporate objectives and agreed strategies.
• Work together across IT and Digital to understand business issues define broad requirements promote and develop high quality solutions.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

• Be degree educated in a relevant subject or have equivalent experience
• Have proven experience in IT business partnering digital transformation or a similar role
• Have experience of working in an environment which requires extensive engagement and consultation
• Be able to lead and develop cross-functional teams which thrive and deliver
• Bring a strong understanding of digital technologies and how they can support organisational objectives
• Have significant experience in managing and understanding financial information in the context of an organisations financial strategy efficiency and savings plans
• Be able to enable strategic decisions and drive delivery against agreed timescales budgets and outcomes

If you are passionate about digital innovation and ready to make a tangible impact we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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.

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:

Jayne Glasgow Assistant Director IT Communications and Digital Commercial and Customer Services
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How to Apply

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.

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.

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