Soldier planned a proper rota (11)

I believe the answer is:

paratrooper

'soldier' is the definition.
(paratrooper is a kind of soldier)

'planned a proper rota' is the wordplay.
'planned' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'proper'+'rota'='aproperrota'
'aproperrota' is an anagram of 'PARATROOPER'.

(Another definition for paratrooper that I've seen is " Airborne soldier".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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