Waste Management & Street Cleansing Officer

As Sefton Council moves into the next development of Waste Management for our residents you will play a vital role in maintaining clean, safe, and welcoming neighbourhoods across Sefton. Working as part of a dedicated frontline Waste Management and Street Cleansing team, you will ensure that Food Waste, Household Waste and Recycling, and Commercial Waste is collected efficiently and delivered to the appropriate disposal facilities. You will play a significant role in the delivery and ongoing operation of Simpler Recycling, including food waste collection services. This will involve overseeing day-to-day food waste operations once implemented, supporting performance management, resolving operational issues, and ensuring services are delivered safely, consistently and in line with legislative requirements. You will also contribute to the planned roll-out of food waste collections, supporting project work associated with service mobilisation. This may include assisting with route design, operational procedures, staff briefings, vehicle and container deployment, service monitoring, and working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to ensure a smooth transition to new ways of working. Alongside your operational responsibilities, you will support the continued promotion of sustainable waste management practices, including reducing, reusing and recycling, helping the Council to meet its obligations under the Environment Act 2021 and wider Liverpool City Region environmental objectives. The key responsibilities include:

• To supervise operational staff, providing efficient and effective operational services for waste collection and street cleansing, delivered within available budget.
• Under direction from the Street Cleansing Manager / Area Operations Managers, to be directly responsible for the day-to-day deployment, direction and supervision of frontline staff including management of sickness absence in accordance with Sefton Council policies and procedures.
• To maintain a working knowledge sufficient to provide professional/technical advice on policy, legislation, regulation and best practice requirements for service delivery.
• To assist in ensuring that all services are carried out efficiently, making best use of available resources, with high standards of customer care., Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody's identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role. GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview. If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role. Consider registering for Sefton@work If you're an unemployed Sefton resident, register with our Sefton@Work service for free support to help you into employment. You may be eligible for extra assistance such as funding for travel, work clothing, or vouchers to make starting your new job easier. Call Sefton@Work on or visit to find out more and get started today!