Operations Officer – Waste and Street Scene Richmond, London
Job description
Available Job Today Salary: £30,151 - £33,820
Grade: I
Contractual Hours: 37 per week
Location Richmond
Contract Type: Fixed-term – 12 months
Weekend Working: Occasional
Are you looking for a rewarding role that provides you with the responsibility of managing key frontline staff in a newly formed council?
Do you want to join over 10,000 other staff in the new North Yorkshire Council and develop your career at the same time?
Based at our depot in Richmond, the role will allow you to work in the northern area of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale, Wensleydale and Coverdale.
Having responsibility for effectively and continuously line managing a variety of frontline teams, primarily in street cleansing and waste collection, you will ensure that these teams deliver critical services for the Council and are relied upon by residents and businesses throughout the County.
You will play a crucial role in the deployment and organisation of resources on a daily basis responding to issues across their teams, in real time to minimise the impact on service delivery, including assisting operational management with the safe and compliant deployment of Operator Licence Goods vehicles.
Typical working days and hours currently vary between different areas of the new council, but you need to be prepared to start early. Some weekend and bank holiday working may be required.
Roles and Responsibilities
- To ensure the work allocated to the Waste and Street Scene Teams is completed to a high standard
- To co-ordinate mandatory training around service priorities, devising and implementing training schedules with colleagues
- To be responsible for the monitoring of the performance of services and making recommendations to management, regarding the increased efficiency of those services
- Provide leadership and direction to teams and agency staff at all times on legal requirements
- To motivate individuals and teams ensuring best practice is deployed across the waste management service area through regular dialogue and formal appraisals as individuals and teams
- To effectively manage the day to day performance of team members including identifying and addressing conduct, performance and absence matters, including through formal HR processes where appropriate
What’s in it for you
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially make life a bit easier. From career average employer contribution Local Government pension scheme, generous leave entitlements, green car and cycle schemes, travel loans, shopping and gym discounts to name but a few you can find more information on the range of benefits we offer within our total rewards brochure.
Contact and apply
For an informal discussion please contact Amanda Dyson on 01748 900952.
Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.
Key dates:
Closing date: 4th April 2023
Interview date: W/C 10th April 2023
Key Documents:
Job Description.docx
Total Rewards Booklet.pdf
The pay advertised is applicable from 1st April 2023, should you start prior to this date pay rates for 2022/2023 will be paid and differ to those advertised and will be notified during the offer process.
If you are an internal member of staff and you’d like further information around your transition to the new council (NYC) please use the following links: Recruitment – newcouncilny.co.uk and Pay, Terms and Conditions – newcouncilny.co.uk
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