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| Graduate
Vacancy |
Details for Project
No: 1873
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| Status: |
CLOSED | Application Close Date: 18/07/2010 |
| Vacancy
ID: |
1873 | |
Project
Type: |
Recycling | |
| Position: |
Recycling Support Officer | |
| Location: |
Cambourne | |
| Project
County: |
Cambridgeshire | |
| Employer: |
SFS Services Ltd | |
| Host
Organisation: |
South Cambridgeshire District Council | |
Telephone
Interview Week Commencing: |
19/07/2010 | |
Interview
Date: |
29/07/2010 | |
| Project
Start Date: |
09/08/2010 | |
| Duration: |
52 weeks | |
Project
End Date: |
05/08/2011 | |
| Salary: |
£16,000pa | |
Hours
Per week: |
37 | |
Work
Out of Normal Hrs?: |
Early morning and weekend work possible (limited) | |
SFS
Contact: |
Jon Ward | |
| Background: |
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| South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural area with a population of over 130,000 residents dispersed among 101 parishes. We are one of the top performing local authorities in the county, achieving a combined recycling and composting rate 54% in 2008/09. We operate an alternate weekly collection system with the collection of organic material (garden waste, kitchen waste and cardboard) and dry recyclables (paper, cans and glass) one week and the collection of non- recyclable/compostable waste the following. In 2004 South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) won the Award for Excellence for Best Local Authority Recycling Initiative. SCDC, as part of the RECAP partnership, was also awarded Beacon Status for Waste and Recycling in 2006. South Cambridgeshire continues to be a leading member in the RECAP partnership (a premier waste partnership). To build upon this success SCDC will be introducing a blue wheeled bin and inner paper caddy to replace the current green box recycling scheme which will help residents to recycle a wider range of materials at the kerbside. | ||
Objective: |
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| The main objective of this project is to successfully introduce the blue bin and inner caddy scheme to residents. The success of this project will be determined by: •Implementation delivered on-time and to budget •Monitoring and evaluation of scheme performance using pre and post implementation tonnage and participation data. | ||
Benefits To Graduate |
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| This role offers graduates the opportunity to learn about, and gain, experience in recycling within a high performing local authority. Upon successfully completion of project work graduates will benefit from: •Insight into how local government works •Practical experience within the field of waste management •Experience in promoting recycling •Direct customer/contractor contact •Opportunities to develop negotiating/customer care skills •Working within a successful and forward-thinking team | ||
Employment Potential and Options Post Project Work |
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| The placement is a fixed-term contract but holders of similar post in the authority have gone on to gain permanent posts in other local authorities in a variety of environmental and waste fields. | ||
Outputs: |
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| 1. Assist the Implementation project team and customers in the successful delivery of the Blue Bin implementation project. | ||
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| 1. Excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills, able to express themselves verbally, in written text and to a variety of different audiences and the public | ||
| 2. The ability to exercise sound judgement, work with minimum supervision and be capable of working under pressure | ||
| 3. Negotiation and persuasion skills | ||
| 4. Confident and competent with MS office software, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint | ||
| 5. Confident, professional attitude | ||
| 6. Must have access to a car to visit customers across the district at any time as required | ||
| 7. Willingness to work outside normal office hours | ||
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Desirable Selection Criteria: |
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| 1. Knowledge of waste management | ||
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Key Tasks: |
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| 1. Promoting the blue bin and inner caddy recycling service and wider environmental messages | ||
| 2. Supporting the residents in the correct use of the scheme – providing advice and guidance | ||
| 3. Problem solving (i)Operational issues as they arise (ii)Complaints/problems of residents | ||
| 4. Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the project (i)Key performance measures (ii)Set out rate (iii)Contamination | ||
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