We are seeking an experienced waste industry professional to join our Recycling and Waste Services Team, ensuring the efficient delivery of our statutory and commercial frontline services to the highest level of customer expectation.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of robust staff supervision, with an ability to schedule available resources to maximise efficiency in the delivery of recycling & waste collections, in line with current and future national codes of practice, Council policy and strategy.

Reading Borough Council is committed to the provision of a high quality effective and efficient waste collection service delivering a full range of domestic, recycling, and commercial waste collections, with the key aim of reducing waste to landfill by maximising recycling across the borough.

About the Role

The main focus of the role is to supervise frontline staff in delivery of all aspects of the Recycling and Waste collection service, ensuring resources are sufficient to ensure collections are delivered to schedule, to a high standard.

Amongst ideal candidate will:

Have a robust understanding of the Recycling and Waste operations standards, policies, and specifications and to promote Waste reduction in accordance with both service and corporately adopted initiatives.
Be responsible for the effective day-to-day supervision of manual staff performance in the completion of work to required schedules, addressing issues of under-performance in compliance with adopted corporate policy.
Lead day-to-day work operations ensuring staffing levels are maintained.
Appropriately plan and deliver, to required schedule, team meetings and toolbox talks for all supervised staff.
Undertake formal documented staff management processes in compliance with the Council's Performance and Development Scheme including 1 to 1's, and annual appraisals to service and corporate timescales.
Follow the councils' policies and procedures in the management of staff discipline and performance taking appropriate and timely action to address sickness, AWOL, and disciplinary infractions.
Ensure that all accidents and near misses (including those related to vehicles) are recorded using appropriate systems, in compliance with adopted policy, such as investigation report or RIDDOR report.
Assist the Recycling and Waste Services Manager in the continuous review, development and improvement of systems and operations identifying and driving delivery of both operational and financial efficiencies within Recycling and Waste service including workloads, staffing levels, vehicles, and equipment utilisation.

You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

About you

Previous experience within a similar supervisory role within a Recycling and Waste related service.
Experienced Recycling and Waste collection vehicle operator, with an ability to train others in safe operational use of machinery.
Experience of supervising a diverse team of operational staff in a service providing organisation, to include Health & Safety issues and staff performance.
A thorough understanding of the Resource and Waste Strategy and its implications for the Recycling and Waste Service.
Competent in robust, documented vehicle operations management.
A thorough understanding of relevant Health & Safety (at work) legislation.
Excellent customer care skills which include a proven ability to deal with people in a confident, sensitive, and diplomatic manner.

Our Offers (in accordance with existing employee arrangements)

Holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays
Access to a range of training and learning opportunities to help you develop.
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
Employee Assistance Programme - round-the-clock access to free, impartial, and completely confidential support and advice from trained therapists and legal experts
Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work.
Cycle salary sacrifice scheme.

For more information on this position please contact Marcus.hermon@reading.gov.uk

Closing Date: Monday 14 th April 2025

Interview Date: to be arranged

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

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