North West Leicestershire District Council is both the Council’s name and geographical location and is situated between Leicester, Burton upon Trent, Derby, and Nottingham. The area of the district is 108 square kilometres.
With a population of almost 93,500, North West Leicestershire is mainly a rural district, sitting at the heart of the National Forest, bringing in tourism from around the country. It is home to East Midlands Airport, which has replaced the mines as one of the region’s major employers. It is a key location for many large businesses, with the likes of Pall-Ex, United Biscuits and TNT having bases here, and large developments like Marks and Spencer distribution centre making North West Leicestershire their home.
Like many other shire districts, authority over North West Leicestershire is shared between the district council and the county council. Areas of responsibility of the district council include local planning, building control, council housing, refuse collection, recycling and some leisure services and parks.
At NWLDC we work according to five values:
We want to attract employees who believe in our values and behaviours and our application process is designed to help you demonstrate how your skills, behaviours, knowledge and style fit our values.