Partnership Director Calderdale Norse (Closing date 10th June)
Salary £86,750 to £93,500 - £2k Car allowance.
See full benefits package below.
Norse Group has entered a new joint venture partnership with Calderdale Council to deliver waste and recycling services across the borough. This partnership will start from August 2026 and span over an initial period of eight years.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Calderdale Norse from day one and playing a key role in shaping the future of this partnership. From the beginning you will be overseeing the partnership which is designed not only to provide high-quality, reliable waste and recycling services, but also to generate meaningful social value for the local community.
We have an opportunity for an experienced senior management professional to provide strategic and operational leadership to the joint venture unit as our Calderdale Norse Partnership Director.
The Role
Ensuring the delivery of key environmental services and the continuous growth and development of the companys commercial business. The Partnership Director will lead and direct the commercial strategy, contractual performance, and operational delivery of the Calderdale joint venture, ensuring proper accountability for and reporting of all activity. Maintaining and developing commercial relationship with the client, exploring opportunities for partnership development in line with Group services.
* Leading health and safety, developing a positive health and safety culture and ensuring appropriate arrangements are in place to protect staff and all other people who may be affected by the companys work.
* Developing and maintaining relationships with the Shareholders to ensure a mutual understanding of priorities and objectives and that the right balance is maintained between those of Calderdale Council and the Norse Group.
* Leading service delivery and service review to ensure appropriate methods are used in conjunction with maximum operational efficiency.
* To embed a robust performance culture, ensuring that customers are valued and that the reputation of Calderdale Norse is protected and enhanced through the delivery of all services.
* Developing Calderdale Norses commercial work for third parties on a profitable basis.
* Managing trading accounts, ensuring proper and timely information is available for Calderdale. Norse board and for the Group Operations Director Partnerships.
* Preparing and presenting Strategic Liaison Board Operational Paper.
* Enable Calderdale Norse to meet contractual obligations and statutory requirements.
Our Successful Candidate
We are looking for you to demonstrate a combination of industry knowledge, proven Senior leadership experience, and commercial experience for the role, including:
* Degree educated (industry sector specific CIWM or similar) and/or equivalent professional management qualifications with extensive industry knowledge and experience.
* Knowledge of the powers and duties of local government of services provided by joint venture companies.
* Extensive knowledge working within the waste and environmental sector at senior management level.
* Extensive operational and strategic management experience at a senior level, including commercial and financial responsibility and strategic business planning.
* Extensive experience of performance evaluation techniques and key metrics with an outstanding knowledge of data analysis, reporting, and budgeting.
* Senior management experience working within the Environmental Services and Waste sector.
Our Offer
Competitive salary £86,750 to £93,500+ £2k Car allowance, 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, progressing to 37 days including bank holidays after 5 years service, 10% + 10% Royal London Pension and enhanced sickness pay scheme.
Please click the link to view the full recruitment pack and interview stages or email the recruitment team - recruitment @ norsegroup.co. uk
We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment, and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.
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