Job Introduction

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity in waste management, sustainability and the environment?

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is looking for someone to join our small, friendly and enthusiastic Strategic Waste team.

As a Waste Management Officer, you will make a significant contribution to how we currently manage waste and how we prepare for future change.

Main Responsibilities

You will play an active role in a multi skilled and motivated team as we manage and renew our contracts and waste infrastructure, whilst keeping up to date with waste disposal technologies and government policy.

You will be involved in a wide range of duties from contract management, recycling initiatives and data analysis.

You will help through expertise and knowledge to support our waste strategy and policy development and implementation, as well as the in-house operation of recycling centres, waste transfer stations and our commercial waste business.

An essential part of your job will be to build strong relationships with other team members, senior officers, external partners, other departments and residents. You must therefore be a confident communicator.

The Ideal Candidate

The role will require you to have proven experience in an environmental area, and be able to show how you can build partnerships, collaborative relationships, and be able to write and present reports
You will have a good working knowledge of the theory, policy and practice of environmental issues with a focus on waste management
You will require a degree or experience in an environmental discipline
You will play an active role in the team in a supportive environment, and there will be plenty of opportunities to develop your skills, progress your career and contribute to the direction of the service as a whole.
This role offers a mixture of homeworking and utilising offices at our waste sites or Council buildings.
Whatever the stage of your career, whether you are just starting out in your first role or if you have experience, we welcome your application.

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

For an informal discussion regarding this opportunity please contact: David Rickards, Waste Disposal Manager on 01202 123809 (david.rickards@bcpcouncil.gov.uk) or Georgina Fry, Waste Strategy & Resources Manager on 01202 126219 (georgina.fry@bcpcouncil.gov.uk)

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