Waste Projects Assistant (x2)

Job Title: Waste Projects Assistant

Salary Range: £31,821 - £38,560

Fixed Term (12 months), Full time

Locations: Hybrid, Wandsworth (Frogmore Depot, Wandsworth) and/or Richmond (Civic Centre, Twickenham)

Introduction:

Are you keen to help reduce waste and improve our recycling services and carbon performance? Would you like to help improve community toilet provision for local residents in Richmond? Are you looking for working arrangements that enhance your work-life balance? Do you have skills and experience relevant to local authorities, waste management, and/or providing project support?

If your answers are yes, we want to hear from you!

We are looking for two Waste Project Assistants to help deliver waste/recycling related projects and trials in the London borough of Wandsworth and to help complete recent work on improving Richmond’s Community Toilet Scheme. You will help to deliver our climate and environment related action plans by helping to reduce waste, increase re-use, and improve the delivery of recycling services along with related performance.

You will also be required to travel to locations around the borough regularly to conduct site visits, deliver public engagement activities, and meet with stakeholders. This may also involve early morning site visits to monitor levels of participation in recycling services.

Home working is permitted subject to operational requirements and in accordance with Council policies, and equipment will be provided to enable this.

These roles are fixed-term contracts for one year, and you will be part of a small but friendly waste team within a large workforce, most of which serves both Richmond and Wandsworth Councils.

Objective of the role:

1. Improving recycling and waste collection service performance: Supporting the roll-out of weekly collection services for recycling household food waste across Wandsworth.
2. Community Toilet Scheme Improvement: Completing recent efforts to improve Richmond’s Community Toilets Scheme to improve coverage including baby change and wheelchair accessible facilities.

About the roles:

1. Estates waste/recycling service improvement (Wandsworth): The post holders will support the delivery of rubbish and recycling service improvements designed to increase recycling performance and reduce litter and fly-tipping on council managed housing estates.
2. Weekly food recycling collection service roll-out (Wandsworth): The post holders will support the roll-out of weekly food waste recycling collection services to all households across the Borough.
3. Community Toilet Scheme Improvement (Richmond): Completing the improvement work undertaken by the previous post holder.
4. Other projects, outreach, and engagement: The post holders are likely to help deliver other projects that haven’t yet been defined and will help to deliver outreach and engagement.

The post holders will support each other as well as other post holders in similar roles that have already been recruited. They will work according to local delivery priorities at the time.

In addition to the above, the post holders will:

1. Support the delivery of other services/projects designed to improve recycling performance.
2. Plan and prioritise their own workload to assist in delivering projects within defined timescales.
3. Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of the projects.
4. Attend outreach events to promote recycling services.
5. Assist with monitoring the performance of waste services and projects.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

1. Project delivery: Knowledge and practical experience of delivering effective projects in a supporting role.
2. Managing data: Experience of developing and maintaining large datasets.
3. Communication skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. Client engagement: Experience of effective engagement with community groups and stakeholders.
5. Site Visits: A clean full UK driving licence and/or ability to travel to sites borough-wide.

Please submit the following:

1. Your current up-to-date profile.
2. A supporting statement detailing why you are applying for the post and how you meet each of the criteria set out in the person specification.

Closing Date: Sunday 12^th January 2025 (23:59)

Shortlisting Date: w/c Monday 13^th January 2025

Interview Date: w/c Monday 27^th January 2025

Please note that these dates are only indicative and could be subject to change. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees.