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Waste Compliance and Education Officer

About the role

The principal responsibilities for the role are;

To promote compliance with North Northamptonshire Council’s waste management policies, which includes, but not limited to the Councils statutory duties, the Councils performance management frameworks, the Waste Collection policy, Litter and Fly tipping Strategy and the Councils environmental enforcement policies.

To assist in the enforcement of a waste management functions e.g., litter, dog fouling and refuse and other associated offences by education, issuing fixed penalty notices, or obtaining evidence for prosecution. Activities include but are not limited to, issuing Fixed Penalties Notices, preparing documents and case files for court, preparing written statements and reports as evidence, deployment of surveillance equipment and interrogation of data, safe storage and presentation of evidence, attend court where required and to ensure FPN payments are received and follow up with offenders where required.

As part of the wider team contribute to educational and promotional activities that educate and inform stakeholders to their responsibilities regarding waste presentation and management and waste related environmental offences.

What will you be doing?

Under the direction of the Senior Compliance and Education Officer, to promote engagement and education with a view to gaining compliance with the requirements of the waste management service and associated functions. This will include monitoring of some of the waste operations, engagement and enforcement with stakeholders and residents in matters relating to refuse collection, cleansing and recycling policies.

To carry out a full range of enforcement duties for offences under the relevant legislation. To maintain all records and prepare all documentation in relation to this activity.

About you

You will be an experienced officer who is well-motivated and enthusiastic.

You will have a good understanding of environmental issues facing the waste industry and experience of working in an enforcement or waste education arena.

You will be required to complete investigations and produce files suitable for court prosecutions, so you will need a good level of literacy and good degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

You will need to be competent using a variety of IT systems, with excellent communication skills and experience of dealing with a variety of stakeholders.

You will be responsible for the promotion of the Council’s most visible frontline services, with responsibility for delivering key messages relating to waste policies and services across the whole of North Northamptonshire.

This is a field based role, where you will be visiting a variety of locations including incidents of fly tipping, and investigating for evidence in various situations.

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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