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: £32,070 to £42,699 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.

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 creation. In 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.

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 share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

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 individual's 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 Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Oliver Meek, Interim Head of Planning, Historic and Natural Environment.

Telephone:

Email: here

Vicky Webb, Principal Planning Officer

Telephone:

Email: here

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 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.

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