Website and Digital Development Officer
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE19 1ES |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6060 |
Summary
Website & Digital Development Officer
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: ESPO, Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker – 2 days per week in our Leicester office
Salary: £32,070 - £34,359 per annum
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 28/09/2025
Interview Date: 07/10/2025 and 08/10/2025
Are you passionate about Ecommerce and Digital Marketing?
As we continue to develop our websites and online presence, we are looking for a person with an analytical mindset who enjoys the process of website improvement and the wider digital marketing environment.
About the Role
As a key member of the digital team you will be working closely with the Website & Digital Development Manager and our website development agency, planning and testing improvements in line with the overall digital development roadmap for the ESPO suite of websites. This will also involve working with other internal teams within ESPO to ensure developments meet the correct requirements.
The role also involves responding to website issues/queries raised by staff on ESPO’s website helpdesk - investigating, diagnosing and determining the best solution, resolving where possible or referring to our website development agency when required.
In addition, this role will support with the management of Google Analytics and key marketing channel and campaign metrics, incorporating interpreting data, identifying trends, investigating variances, which advise marketing strategy including preparation of data for the weekly Trading meetings.
Digital Marketing responsibilities include research, planning and implementing Search Engine Optimisation best practices, Google Ads and Paid Social.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Have a degree or experience in digital marketing, maths, computer science or similar
- Have experience in the day-to-day management of an enterprise level ecommerce website platform such as Adobe Commerce (Magento) or Shopify.
- Have experience of working with data, reporting and analysing information to create reports and inform business decisions.
- Have experience of working with website analysis tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Search Console, Dragon Metrics, Semrush, HotJar or similar.
- Have experience of on-site and content Search Engine Optimisation, and a good knowledge of current SEO best practices.
- Have good knowledge of digital marketing channel best practices such as PPC, Paid Social and email marketing.
- High degree and standards of attention to detail and organisation.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
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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:
Matt Harper
Website & Digital Development Manager
Email: m.harper@espo.org
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 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.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
About ESPO
We're a unique organisation, owned by the public sector and sharing their values and ethos, but operating with a commercial edge. As a specialist procurement body, we pride ourselves on establishing procurement solutions that save money for the public sector. View our prospectus to find out more.
We have modern, open-plan offices with excellent transport links and a friendly workplace environment. We offer flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory pension scheme, training (including professional CIPS qualification) and opportunities to develop your career.
ESPO is supported by wide range of roles across many different disciplines including sales, marketing, IT, procurement, finance, operations (warehouse management and transport planning) and customer services. So whether you are interested in a public-facing role or playing your part behind the scenes, ESPO could be the place for you.
To learn more about working for ESPO please visit www.espo.org/careers.
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