Business Planning Manager
| Posting date: | 19 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2025 |
| Location: | leicestershire, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5273 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £42,498 - £46,344 per annum
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 01st June 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Planning Manager within the Business Services Team of the Environment and Transport Department.
We are looking for someone that is able to drive effective service planning, risk and performance management approaches across the department to help manage performance, provide assurance, inform decision making, drive service improvement and efficiency as well as demonstrate delivery of department and corporate outcomes.
About the Role
You will have the confidence, experience and vision to lead and develop the department’s service planning, performance management and risk management frameworks whilst working closely with a wide range of senior managers from across the organisation to understand and deliver on both corporate and departmental requirements.
You will lead on the strategic development of the department’s performance management and business planning system ensuring it meets the needs of the department and wider County Council.
You will ensure continuous improvement in quality, availability and reliability of data and ensure the department has regular monitoring, review and escalation processes in place to inform decisions and drive service improvement.
The successful candidate will join a small Business Services team that provides a number of key business support functions to the department and will work with senior managers across a wide range of services.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Management qualification (ILM3 or equivalent) and a Degree or equivalent (e.g. NVQ Level 5/ BTEC Advanced Professional Diploma) in a relevant subject and / or demonstrable experience identified below
- Experience of designing and implementing planning / performance frameworks and supporting change or continuous improvement in a local government or other complex organisation.
- Experience of using IT to collate, manipulate, store and report data as well as experience of analysing and interpreting complex data and presenting findings to a range of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills including ability to shape and influence to achieve successful outcomes as well as the ability to communicate complex issues concisely to a range of audiences.
- In-depth understanding of business/ service planning, performance management and continuous improvement as well as knowledge of risk management in a business planning, project or performance management environment.
- Ability to build powerful relationships across stakeholders, peers and partners, creating open and transparent relationships based on trust.
- Excellent coordination and organisational skills and ability to prioritise and manage a heavy workload whilst delivering quality results to tight deadlines.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
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.
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 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:
Jodie March
Business Services Team Manager
Business Services
01163057095
Jodie.march@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no 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 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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