Recycling Support Officer

Job Title: Recycling Support Officer

Location: Bedford

Employer: Change Agents UK

Client: Bedford Borough Council

Number of Positions: 1

Salary (per annum pro rata): GBP22,571 per annum pro rata

Start Date: ASAP

Contract: Fixed term until 17th March 2023 (maternity cover)

We need:

A confident, enthusiastic and engaging communicator to work with local communities with a drive to making Bedford greener.

This is a brilliant opportunity to activelyengage with the community to encourage the involvement of all sections in recycling and composting schemes. You will be working with likeminded people and engaging with partners and the community on a range of challenges and opportunities. You will help to promote waste minimisation and have the opportunity to coordinate door stepping campaigns and other promotional activities.

Do you have the skills and enthusiasm we are looking for to work within the Waste Services Team to develop your project skills in an environmental field?

Essential:

• An enthusiasm for recycling and composting and an understanding of the waste services local authorities provide.

• Educated to A-Level or Degree level in an environmental subject or have a minimum of equivalent experience working in a similar role

• Excellent organisational skills including good time management and ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Experience of communicating with members of the general public, particularly relating to promoting ideas or concepts

• Highly literate and fluent in English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• High standard of numeracy skills including data analysis using Excel

• High standard of IT proficiency including MS Office applications such as Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer

• Problem solving abilities using logical, analytical and innovative thinking

• A full driving licence

Desirable:

• Knowledge of waste management operations and practices

• Experience of building and maintaining productive working relationships with a wide variety of partners e.g. Housing Associations

Key responsibilities:

• Identify areas of low participation and/or poor capture of recyclable/compostable materials and target these areas with promotional campaigns.

• Promote waste prevention and reuse within households by seeking to influence behaviours, challenge habits and encourage a change in attitude.

• Plan and deliver promotional activities to the public and school visits around the Borough, raising awareness of waste services provided.

• Visit and survey households to assess property types, services required and advise residents on how to recycle and reduce their waste.

• Improvecapture rates of kerbside recycling, reduce contamination, reduce total waste arising s and public understanding of waste issues including responsible waste management.

• Introduce new schemes, a programme of door stepping and monitoring service performance information via the Bartec 'Collective system.

• Assist with the implementation of new waste services/projects.

• Assist in production of reports as and when requested.

• Resolve crew reports and other service performance data provided by Collection Crews from the in-cab Bartec 'Collective system and follow up on problems identified.

• Provide and maintain accurate records, both manual and electronic, for all aspects of the duties of the post and to produce regular reports and statistical data in connection with the duties of the post.

• Provide advice to Developers and the Councils Planning Team on the collection of waste from new developments and redeveloped properties.

Details:

CAUK reference: 2441

Hours/Week: 37

Work outside normal hours: Some work outside of normal hours, for which time off will be given in lieu.

Annual leave: 26 days plus 8 bank holidays per annum pro rata

Probation period: 1 month

Reports to: Shah Faisal

Job offers will be subject to suitable right-to-work and reference checks and the successful applicant may be required to undergo a DBS check.

Change Agents UK is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where there is under-representation. If you need additional support to enable you to complete the application process, please contact us.

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this role, please submit a CV and short Covering Letter explaining your motivation for applying and briefly addressing the essential criteria for the role (up to 500 words) on the Change Agents UK careers page. We also ask you to complete an optional Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Monitoring form; this does not form any part of the selection process but is used to help us monitor the effectiveness of our policy. Please specify in the email subject the job title you are applying for.

For the full job description, please visit the Change Agents UK website.