Waste Management Assistant (Waste Awareness), Dingwall - HGH17934

Job Description

Post Title: Waste Management Assistant (Waste Awareness)
Location: Dingwall
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £30,266 - £33,579 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Imogen Percy-Bell Tel:

Job Purpose: To successfully engage with the public throughout the Highland Council area, promoting the Council’s recycling and waste services to increase the quantity and quality of material collected for recycling.

To provide practical advice to householders, businesses and pupils on responsible consumption options to help reduce their impact on the environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to assist in delivering substantial environmental benefits - helping the Council’s progress towards achieving its recycling commitments and net zero targets

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact Business Support, T: (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Previous experience in communicating and motivating a wide range of audiences including householders, community groups, businesses and children to bring about behavioural change.

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.