Commercial Waste Manager (Maternity Cover)

Horsham District Council is looking for a Commercial Waste Manager (Maternity Cover) to be accountable for the management of the commercial waste teams to ensure that resources are deployed effectively, and a high level of customer service is maintained at all times.

The post holder will be accountable for taking a lead in developing a range of commercial services to include commercial waste and recycling, as well as developing and implementing new revenue generation initiatives.

As Commercial Waste Manager (Maternity Cover) you will be:

Responsible for developing the income generation recycling and waste collections services to ensure the best possible return on the resources, including revised scheduling programmes to incorporate new business. This includes identifying areas of development or improvement for new or existing services whilst ensuring we maintain an emphasis on customer service.
Responsible for building the new food waste business and ensuring this is implemented successfully.
Responsible for developing and promoting the Commercial Waste brand awareness around the various services we offer, including project planning on digital or operational transformation projects within the department remit.
Work with the other departments within the recycling and waste teams to ensure services are run in the most efficient manner.

To succeed as Commercial Waste Manager (Maternity Cover) you will have management experience and good awareness of Health and Safety legislation in the workplace. You will have experience of working in a customer service environment with strong communication skills. You will also have project management experience and budget management experience with the ability to develop new income strategies., Disability Confident
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We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody.

We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work life balance by offering 28 days' (207.2 hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable.

We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary.

To support employees' professional development the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Master of Business Administration (MBA).