Graduate Waste Management Support Officer
| Posting date: | 02 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,257 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Devon |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Exeter |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | GBP 7736 |
Summary
Job Summary - Devon County Council are looking for a new Graduate Waste Management Support Officer to join their Waste Management Team. You will work on waste management projects including promoting schools’ waste education work and behavioural change working with the general public. You will also assist with a variety of projects working across the waste operations team. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) scheme and offers a full-time contract (36.5 hours per week) for 23 months with a 6-month probation period. You will have a work base of Exeter but with agile working (the DCC Agile Working policy means people can work in the office, at home, or whilst out and about). You will be employed by the University of Exeter and seconded to DCC for the duration of your contract. This means you can take advantage of the benefits available from both organisations. For more information on the GBP scheme, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/internships.
About You – It is essential that you should be a graduate who is enthusiastic, self-motivated, requires a minimum of supervision, dependable and trustworthy and has a commitment to equal opportunities. You should be able to demonstrate good verbal and written skills including punctuation and grammar; confident communicator with the public; flexible and diplomatic with good interpersonal skills. You should be IT literate with standard Microsoft Office products and have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, ability to carry out research. It is desirable that you are organised and methodical, have an understanding of and commitment to sustainability issues, ability to meet deadlines and targets, ability to carry out the post with reasonable adjustments where necessary. It is also desirable that you have experience of using a range of social media sites, experience of dealing with school age children, experience in use of website CMS (Word Press); video making skills (using Adobe Premiere or alternative), and an awareness of waste management issues, promotion and marketing skills. The successful candidate will be required to have a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, and career consultancy opportunities.
Application Closing Date: 15 June 2025
Interviews: 3 July 2025
For further information please email internships@exeter.ac.uk
GBP Scheme Requirements
To be eligible to apply and undertake a GBP role the graduate must meet all of the following criteria:
*To undertake a graduate role through the GBP scheme, you must have either achieved your degree or be in your final year at any UK-based university.
*You must have graduated in the UK within the last 3 years of your most recent degree (we will consider extenuating circumstances of potential applicants that may have prevented them from undertaking a graduate role within 3 years of graduation).
*The University of Exeter is committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and inclusivity.
*At the time of starting employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK and evidence must be provided in advance of the appointment. Candidates should continue to have permission for the duration of the GBP contract. This includes British citizens, individuals with an EU Pre-Settlement or EU-Settlement Status; and those with a Graduate Route Visa.
*All graduates need to reside in the UK whilst undertaking this role.
How to apply
Please apply by completing the Internship Application Form (downloadable here: https://bit.ly/3AEthv7), following instructions on the form and returning it to The Internships Team at internships@exeter.ac.uk as an email attachment by the closing date: 15/06/2025. We do not accept CVs so please make sure you send a completed application form.
About You – It is essential that you should be a graduate who is enthusiastic, self-motivated, requires a minimum of supervision, dependable and trustworthy and has a commitment to equal opportunities. You should be able to demonstrate good verbal and written skills including punctuation and grammar; confident communicator with the public; flexible and diplomatic with good interpersonal skills. You should be IT literate with standard Microsoft Office products and have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, ability to carry out research. It is desirable that you are organised and methodical, have an understanding of and commitment to sustainability issues, ability to meet deadlines and targets, ability to carry out the post with reasonable adjustments where necessary. It is also desirable that you have experience of using a range of social media sites, experience of dealing with school age children, experience in use of website CMS (Word Press); video making skills (using Adobe Premiere or alternative), and an awareness of waste management issues, promotion and marketing skills. The successful candidate will be required to have a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, and career consultancy opportunities.
Application Closing Date: 15 June 2025
Interviews: 3 July 2025
For further information please email internships@exeter.ac.uk
GBP Scheme Requirements
To be eligible to apply and undertake a GBP role the graduate must meet all of the following criteria:
*To undertake a graduate role through the GBP scheme, you must have either achieved your degree or be in your final year at any UK-based university.
*You must have graduated in the UK within the last 3 years of your most recent degree (we will consider extenuating circumstances of potential applicants that may have prevented them from undertaking a graduate role within 3 years of graduation).
*The University of Exeter is committed to developing an environment which promotes equality of opportunity, values diversity and inclusivity.
*At the time of starting employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK and evidence must be provided in advance of the appointment. Candidates should continue to have permission for the duration of the GBP contract. This includes British citizens, individuals with an EU Pre-Settlement or EU-Settlement Status; and those with a Graduate Route Visa.
*All graduates need to reside in the UK whilst undertaking this role.
How to apply
Please apply by completing the Internship Application Form (downloadable here: https://bit.ly/3AEthv7), following instructions on the form and returning it to The Internships Team at internships@exeter.ac.uk as an email attachment by the closing date: 15/06/2025. We do not accept CVs so please make sure you send a completed application form.
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