Waste Operations Officer

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Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

Waste Services plays a pivotal role in ensuring that communities are not only clean and safe but also moving towards a more sustainable future. As a single - tier authority, we can take a holistic approach to delivering services efficiently and consistently across the whole area for the benefit of our communities.

Management of waste and associated resources is a statutory function, and the service is highly regarding by North Northamptonshire residents providing Waste Collection and Cleansing, Household Waste Recycling Centres and managing a portfolio of contracts, performance management systems and service level agreements related to the environment and the treatment and disposal of collected materials. These are high risk, demand led services which interface with member of the public.

The purpose of this role is to provide operational support to the Waste Operations Manager for all operational elements involved in providing waste collections and cleansing services.

The postholder will support the Waste Operations Manager in ensuring that Council policies are met in respect of the management of operations personal engaged in providing front line services on behalf of the Council. What will you be doing?

• Work with the Waste Operations Manager to develop and implement safe operating procedures that allow for a flexible approach to the deployment of resources and increase efficiency across the operational service area.
• Assist the Waste Operations Manager with the management and operations delivery of the waste collection and cleansing service, to satisfy all statutory duties and adhere to Council policies.
• Assist the Waste Operations Manager with the day-to-day management of the Council operated waste transfer and depot locations, ensuring adherence to permits, reporting requirements and planning restrictions.
• Ensure compliance with current health and safety regulations and the Council’s safe operating procedures.
• Develop and implement an ongoing system of review and refresh for operational risk assessments and standard operating procedures,via suitable training to provide assurance that those procedures are fully understood and complied with by all waste operational personnel.
• To ensure that appropriate health and safety, and corporate mandatory training is provided to all operational staff through regular monitoring,toolbox talks and formal training
• Support the Waste Operations Manager in the development and implementation of the service Business Continuity arrangements and Emergency Responses to support delivery of uninterrupted services.
• Develop recruitment plans to optimise career progression opportunities within the operational delivery service and maintain employee retention.
• Work collaboratively with services across the Council to align services for the benefit of the Council’s residents and to deliver value for money.
• Assist the Waste Operations Manager with human resources related issues such and sickness absence,poor performance and disciplinary procedures.

About you

• Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
• Comply withthe Council’s policies and proceduresincluding (but not limited to) safeguarding, financial regulations, promotion of equalities, customer care, agreed audit actions and health and safety (ensuring that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons).
• Understand the councils committment to Corporate Parenting and take responsibility to support this commitment. Enable the council to bethe best corporate parents possible to children and young people in our current andpreviouscare.
• Carryout any other duties which fall within the broad spirit,scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused

Respectful

Efficient

Supportive

Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)