The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Want to make a positive difference to Sheffield and its residents?
Do you put people at the heart of what you do, show openness and honesty and work together to get things done?
If you answered yes to all of these, we have a fantastic, permanent opportunity as a Waste Management Officer. Could this be your next exciting role??
This is an exciting time to be joining the waste team, with key changes to waste and recycling service changes being introduced. This important role will allow you to apply your knowledge and skills to ensure that Sheffield residents receive high quality waste services and support the development and delivery of future service changes and improvements.
You will support the management of the 37 year Integrated Waste Management Contract with Veolia. This contract delivers waste and recycling services to all 260,000 households in the City, including waste and recycling bin collections, the provision of bring sites, five Household Waste Recycling Centres, the removal of abandoned vehicles, the provision of an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) plus many other waste related services.
The role will include the assisting in the day to day running of the service through supporting the management of the waste contract. You will play an important role in monitoring contract performance and compliance. You will track legislation, research and understand waste management best practise including developing projects and strategies for managing Sheffield’s waste.
Are you ready to join our waste management team that is dedicated to delivering Sheffield’s key ambitions? If you are, we want to hear from you.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.
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