Essential information: We have multiple vacancies available; predominantly borough-based working with some home working permitted
Introduction
- Are you keen to help reduce waste and improve recycling services and carbon performance?
- Are you interested in helping to reduce litter and fly-tipping?
- Are you looking for working arrangements that enhance your work-life balance?
- Do you have skills and experience relevant to local authorities, waste management and/or delivering projects?
If your answers are yes, we want to hear from you!
We are looking for Waste Project and Strategy Officers to help deliver waste and recycling related projects, support related communications and the delivery and development of waste strategy in the London Boroughs of Richmond and Wandsworth. You will help to deliver our climate and environment and recycling related action plans by helping to reduce waste, increase re-use and improve the delivery of recycling services along with related performance.
You will be required to travel to locations around the borough regularly to conduct site visits, deliver public engagement activities and to meet with stakeholders. This may also involve early morning site visits to monitor levels of participation in recycling services.
Home working is permitted subject to operational requirements and in accordance with Council policies, and equipment will be provided to enable this.
You will be part of a small but friendly waste team within a large workforce, most of which serves both Richmond and Wandsworth Councils.
Objectives of the role
Improving recycling and waste collection service performance with a particular focus on Council and privately managed housing estates.
Supporting the roll-out of weekly collection services with a particular focus on services for recycling household food waste across both boroughs including flats above shops.
Monitoring existing and new recycling services to measure participation, deliver improvements and communication campaigns.
Closing Date: Sunday 11th January (midnight)
Shortlisting Date: w/c 12th January
Interview Date: w/c 19th January
Test: Excel knowledge as a part of interview process
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments
throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
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