Commercial Officer

Terms and Conditions: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Full time, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is committed to delivering a green and cleaner local environment and an essential part of this commitment is offering an effective commercial waste and recycling solution to the businesses of our borough.

As a Commercial Officer, we want you to develop, improve and expand our existing borough wide commercial waste service.

So why join us?

Our newly launched organisational values demonstrate why employees are proud to work for BwD reflecting on how everyone is working towards a common purpose.

We have a receptive environment where we trust in individuals contributions and enthusiasm in which you make your mark.

We provide training and development opportunities for our staff.

We respect and embrace the diverse borough we work in and would want someone who would effectively manage customer relationships, retaining not only our existing customer base but also attract new customers to generate additional trade waste income, plus ensure that businesses within the borough manage and dispose of their waste in accordance with the legislation.

Being commercially driven, with a passion for sales is important to us, and we support our employees to have the courage to try new things by contributing to and delivering promotional campaigns, providing sound waste and recycling advice and where necessary, using legislative powers to encourage regulatory compliance.

We also pride ourselves in the work we do collaboratively across the organisation and whilst working independently is important, we like to celebrate our partnerships with colleagues in other teams and services to get things done quickly.

It is a requirement of this post that you are able to drive and hold a full valid driving licence. You will be reimbursed for any business miles, at the current agreed rate.