Career Grade Planner

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

Work Location:Planning Historic & Natural Environment Leicestershire County Council Room 200 County Hall Leicester Road Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA

Worker Category:Hybrid Worker

Salary:32070 to 42699 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:Full time (37 hours)

Contract Type:Permanent

Closing Date:11 January 2026

Interview Date(s):w/c 18 January 2026

Plan Leicestershire. Plan your success: An exciting opportunity to grow and develop your career whilst shaping the future of Leicestershire.

About the Role

The County Council currently has a vacancy for a full time Career Grade Planner in a friendly team that is passionate about its people and would invest in your development. The career grade scheme offers excellent prospects for career development with a progression plan providing a pathway for employees to advance their career as their skills knowledge and experience develop. The post covers three grades (Assistant Planning Officer Planning Officer and Senior Planning Officer) and we welcome applications from candidates at any of these levels.

The role is rich and varied with the rare opportunity to gain experience working across the whole planning spectrum of policy development management and enforcement.

As a County Planning Authority there will be significant involvement in minerals and waste development which will give you insight into the resources needed for growth and development recycling climate change biodiversity and habitat addition there will be the opportunity to play a significant role in the delivery of schools roads housing infrastructure business and commercial development as the County Council invests in its own programme of building.

About You

To apply for this post as a minimum you must have the following qualification skills and experience:

• A relevant undergraduate degree or equivalent higher education qualification in planning or a related discipline.
• General awareness and knowledge of the planning system and relevant processes.
• Good written verbal communication and presentation skills with an ability to write accurate and detailed reports and evidence.
• Evidence of good literacy numeracy and analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and an ability to negotiate and to develop and maintain good working relationships with people at all levels. Ability to represent the Local Authority at outside meetings.
• Ability to make planning judgements with supervision and guidance.
• Organised with a demonstrable ability to manage and prioritise workloads to deal with competing demands.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to apply this to all situations.

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.

Working Arrangements

Flexible working arrangements are available giving employees the opportunity to work in a way that suits them balancing service need and individual choice with a mix of both remote and office working.

The working arrangements policy is currently being reviewed if you would like to discuss this in more detail please contact the recruiting managers

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Oliver Meek Interim Head of Planning Historic and Natural Environment.

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Vicky Webb Principal Planning Officer

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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 Plus 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 Apply Now. 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 theHow 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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About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is aStonewall Top 100Disability ConfidentMenopause FriendlyMindful Employer andForces August 2021 we also signed up to theRace at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what its like to work for us and the benefits we offer please refer to the following:

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