From maintaining our parks, keeping streets clean to emptying the bins, providing leisure services and planning, the Council provides a wide range of important services to local people. While we are proud of the services we provide and the teams that provide them, we know with the right technology and by making changes to how we work, we have an opportunity to make our services even more responsive, reliable and efficient, using feedback from our customers to shape how we do things.

To deliver real, long-lasting change, we are looking for talented, committed and forward-thinking professionals, with experience of delivering digitally enabled, customer focused change.

About the role:

Working within the newly created Transformation team, this role will have a primary responsibility for driving the delivery of a new digital Waste Management System, through build, test and business change, ensuring a smooth transition to new ways of working. The post holder will then become the Product Owner for the system, leading on continuous improvement activities for the service.

As part of the Transformation team the successful candidate will also have the opportunity to help Gedling Borough Council improve the efficiency in the way we work along with the digital offerings for its customers as part of our Digital, Data and Technology strategy.

Working closely with our business analyst team and wider transformation colleagues this role will help us deliver on our digital and change aspirations.

For a full description of the duties and further guidance, please refer to the supporting documents on our website.

We are looking for someone with a passion for enabling better services through new ways of working, utilising the effective implementation of new technology or by maximising existing technology. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate previous success in the configuration and delivery of a Waste Management System to benefit both the organisation and its customers. You will need to be comfortable working as a project lead, have excellent communication skills and be able to analyse and interpret service data., Disability Confident
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In return for your efforts and commitment in the role we can offer you excellent working conditions, including a generous holiday entitlement, a comprehensive pension scheme and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, providing advice on a range of issues including financial and legal matters, and offering discounts on purchases from numerous retail outlets. We also offer employees significantly discounted gym membership at Gedling's five Leisure Centres. The Council offices are situated in an award-winning park within easy reach of Nottingham City Centre and rural Nottinghamshire and include free on-site car parking.