The Opportunity
Salary: £15.34 to £16.09 per hour, this includes annual leave entitlement.
Location: Your office base will be Chichester and a typical week will combine homeworking with attendance at the office or site visits.
Working pattern: Casual hours, up to 572 hours available throughout the year
As an Events and Initiatives Assistant you will provide support to our team of 30+ Waste Prevention Advisor volunteers. You are the lead co-ordinator when attending events, talks and presentations, both face-to-face and online.
This may include driving the event vehicle, car or small van, for which training will be provided.
You will gain knowledge of waste prevention and recycling in West Sussex and will be encouraged to contribute ideas to develop campaigns and initiatives that you will then be responsible for sharing with the community of West Sussex.
What are we looking for?
1. High level of literacy skills.
2. Ability to work in a customer focused way, providing a high-quality service.
3. Excellent communication and listening skills, especially verbal skills.
4. Valid UK driving licence.
5. Ability to inspire and motivate volunteers, with a genuine passion for waste prevention and recycling.
6. Ability to organise and prioritise work and co-ordinate a variety of tasks.
7. Sound IT knowledge.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
8. an excellent
9. a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
10. maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
11. volunteering opportunities
12. training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
13. a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
14. health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans