Waste Management Assistant

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Inverness, is currently looking to recruit a Waste Management Assistant for a contract until November 2026 on a rate of £17.91/hour (PAYE).

Responsibilities

• Carry out regular monitoring and reporting on kerbside household and business recycling collection routes, identifying contamination to help improve the overall quality of recyclable material collected.
• Assist with engagement activities at Household Waste Recycling Centres to help maximise recycling and reduce waste disposal by providing advice and guidance about recycling to site users.
• Assist with the identification and investigation of any breaches of waste legislation as set out in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 from households and business waste producers across the region.
• Assist with administration processes, including contamination procedures, record keeping on Excel spreadsheets and liaison with relevant colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Respond to high volume of enquiries via e-mail and telephone.
• Assist with door knocking, delivering talks to communities and attending community events to promote the use of the kerbside recycling service.

Essential Skills:

• Previous experience of working in a customer facing role such as community engagement, customer services, marketing, enforcement or waste communications role.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Experience in dealing with challenging situations and/or conflict resolution.
• Ability to organise and plan activities to meet deadlines and achieve targets, including managing your own workload and multi-tasking.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and solution focussed
• Excellent knowledge and ability to make proficient use of ICT including Excel and Word
• Self-motivation, with the ability to work on your own initiative
• Ability to contribute to a successful team and to build successful working partnerships.
• You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the Service, possession of a clean driving licence is therefore required.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
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