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Waste Minimisation Officer

Job introduction

Are you enthusiastic about the environment, reducing waste and maximising recycling opportunities?

We’re on the lookout for a Waste Minimisation Officer, to develop projects that will promote waste reduction, through education.

You’ll be values-driven, committed to partnership working and have strong interpersonal qualities to build effective professional relationships.

You’ll be working within tight deadlines, with a range of stakeholders to ensure action is targeted where it is most needed.

You’ll be passionate about the maximising resources and waste minimisation agenda.

If this sounds like a role you’d find rewarding, we’d love to hear from you!

About the role

What you’ll get in return

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme, including employer contributions

Interest free rental deposit loan scheme

Family friendly policies

Staff discounts including travel and wellbeing

Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 support

Extensive learning and development opportunities

What you can expect:

Brighton & Hove City Council serves a vibrant city by the sea – a place that has ambitions to be a fairer city with a more sustainable future. We have made a pledge to become an anti-racist city and are committed to serving our residents, businesses and visitors.

You will be working with friendly, talented, hard-working colleagues, some of whom provide frontline services and some who are working on improvement projects. This is an exciting time to join the council.

We can offer flexible working arrangements including office accommodation at Hollingdean Depot, and the option to work from home for some of the time.

As a council, we want our staff to be themselves at work and we welcome applications from all sections of our community. We particularly encourage applicants from a BME, or White Other background as well as those who identify as people with disabilities, LGBT, female or trans, as these groups are currently under-represented in our Economy, Environment & Culture Directorate workforce.

Fixed term for: 2 years

Interview date: TBC

For an informal discussion, please contact Satti Sidhu - Programme and Strategy Manager at [email protected]

This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk)) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).