Job Description

Job Category: Non-Teaching
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PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Room 400 / G10 County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 63,027 - 69,342 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term to cover a one-year secondment
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
Interview Date(s): 20 / 21 November 2025
Ready to shape the future of IT and digital and make a real impact?
Step into a role where every day brings new challenges and opportunities.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Business Partner to join our IT & Digital team. This pivotal role will see you working at the heart of the organisation, collaborating closely with stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality digital and IT solutions that drive business transformation and service excellence.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice, challenge and direction to departmental teams about the effective use and management of IT and digital resources and solutions, ensuring they are delivered on time, within quality constraints, and within budget constraints.
• Engage departmental management teams, senior managers and the wider IT and Digital Service in the development of IT and digital objectives and the prioritisation of work programmes.
• Contribute to the successful development and implementation of the council's digital and IT priorities, ensuring alignment with the council's corporate objectives and agreed strategies.
• Work together across IT and Digital to understand business issues, define broad requirements, promote and develop high quality solutions.

About You
To apply for this post, you must:

• Be degree educated in a relevant subject, or have equivalent experience
• Have proven experience in IT business partnering, digital transformation, or a similar role
• Have experience of working in an environment which requires extensive engagement and consultation
• Be able to lead and develop cross-functional teams which thrive and deliver
• Bring a strong understanding of digital technologies and how they can support organisational objectives
• Have significant experience in managing and understanding financial information in the context of an organisation's financial strategy, efficiency and savings plans
• Be able to enable strategic decisions and drive delivery against agreed timescales, budgets and outcomes

If you are passionate about digital innovation and ready to make a tangible impact, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share 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.
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 page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Jayne Glasgow, Assistant Director, IT, Communications and Digital, Commercial and Customer Services
on 0116 305 4116 or at
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 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: .
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About Us:
About Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council is a and organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the . 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 it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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