About the role
North Northamptonshire Council are recruiting Waste Collection Operatives in Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough.
You will need to be physically fit and able to work in all weathers. A good level of safety awareness is needed as you will be working with heavy machinery on busy roads.
What will you be doing?
- Collecting refuse and recycling containers from residential and commercial properties
- Walking around 14 miles a day
- Working in all weather conditions
- Assisting the driver where necessary to safely move the collection vehicle
- Following strict health and safety practices
- Answering questions from the public about the refuse and recycling services
- Carrying out additional duties where required.
About you
You must be a reliable person with a good attitude, who can work well in a team.
Able to walk long distances in all weather conditions, you will need to be physically able to move containers to and from the collection vehicle.
A good level of safety awareness is essential and you will need good road sense.
As you will be a front facing member of staff good communication skills are needed, as well as a flexible approach to work in order to deliver the service needed to the public.
Local knowledge and experience of refuse and recycling practices is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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