Waste Team Leader (Full Time)

Jobs

Waste Team Leader

Salary

NJC28 - £37,938

Expires

15/04/2025

Location

North East Lincolnshire

Job Type

Full Time

Are you able to work well under pressure and able to think on your feet?

Are you organised, approachable, resilient, and ready to work with a front-line team delivering statutory services to the residents of North-East Lincolnshire?

Our Purpose

Our mission is to provide a first-class front-line waste and recycling collection service for the residents across North East Lincolnshire.

The Role

You will work as part of a team under the guidance of the Waste Services Manager to develop and deliver efficient waste and recycling collection rounds that deliver agreed outcomes. You will lead and develop both short- and long-term plans for delivering specific operational activities within waste and recycling and ensure effective customer service and continuous improvement.

The role involves shared supervision of approximately 85 employees who work in small teams across the borough collecting waste and recycling while continually reviewing your own and the team’s work, developing improvements to processes and systems to ensure efficiency and value for money.

You will be proactive in coordinating the team’s daily work allocation, rostering, recruitment, induction, training, and management of holidays and absence under challenging circumstances and often conflicting priorities to ensure waste and recycling services are maintained. The post holder will work to deadlines that can be statutory or organizationally determined and within policies, procedures, and local performance agreements.

Effective communication to all stakeholders is essential.

This is a multi-skilled role that requires both operational and office-based working. Applicants are advised to thoroughly read the role profile for this vacancy.

About You

You must be able to work under pressure and manage sudden unforeseen events within the service, with the ability to prioritize the allocation of work at short notice. Punctuality is essential, and you must be available for an early morning start. Experience of team leading in an operational environment is advantageous; however, we welcome applications from those with the relevant transferable skills. Effective communication to all stakeholders is essential.

This is a multi-skilled role that requires both operational and office-based working.

Full training and support will be given to the successful candidate.

Your Application

All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification. If you require an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kate Fox via Kate.Fox@nelincs.gov.uk.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.