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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Leicester LE3 8RA
Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay Award Pending)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 7th July 2026
Interview Date(s): 21st July 2026
About the Role
We are looking for an exceptional individual to help Leicestershire to deliver our statutory responsibilities in ensuring all children can access a high-quality local school place within their local community.
Leicestershire is in a period of significant growth with thousands of new homes being built and new schools planned. This is a varied role, and the successful candidate will carry out a range of functions relating to school organisation, capital projects and pupil place plannng.
As Assistant School Place Planning Officer you will be supporting the School Organisation Team to ensure that education infrastructure can meet the demand for school places and where places are required, those places are delivered in the right place and at the right time.
This role would suit someone looking to develop their career working across the organisation towards a more strategic level in the future. You will be actively involved in the monitoring of funding for new projects, managing statutory processes, engaging with our delivery partners and key stakeholders from inception through to completion to ensure all projects delivered on time and are aligned with the communities they serve.
Further information about the delivery of school places can be found in the County Council’s School Places Strategy:
The successful candidates will work in a growing team helping to ensure that there are sufficient high quality school places in Leicestershire by delivering an ambitious Children and Families Capital Programme across all phases of Education. The work is interesting and varied and involves working closely with Schools and Academies.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Qualified to degree level in related subject Project Management Qualification or have demonstrable experience in previous roles to Support School Place Planning Officers (SPPOs) to identify and appraise the need for school places for children and young people at a local, District and County level.
- To support SPPOs in effectively engaging with District Councils, housing developers and their agents in respect of planned new housing/SUE’s to ensure that Leicestershire receives developer contributions needed.
- To take a lead role within the team for net capacity relating to School Organisation and Place Planning, providing high level advice and guidance where appropriate.
- To monitor requests and expenditure of S106 through Mastergov and produce reports for SPPOs, SMT and Capital Programme Board (CPB).
- Organise and deliver key events including consultations, publicity events and member briefings in relation to school organisation matters.
- To support SPPOs to respond to requests for information from schools, other County Council officers, District Councils, developers, members of the public and external bodies.
- To manage areas of the Capital Programme as required.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Ian Sharpe – School Organisation Service Manager
Telephone: 0116 305 9836
Email: ian.sharpe@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.
If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, 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.
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Contact Details:
Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group Recruitment Team
