Waste Project Officer
| Posting date: | 21 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,366 to £35,235 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2025 |
| Location: | BA14 8JN |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wiltshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5288 |
Summary
Salary: £33,366 - £35,235
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 2 years
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting
Rolling advert: We're continuously reviewing and interviewing applicants weekly for this job posting. We will stop accepting applications when sufficient applications have been received.
Waste Management - Shaping a Greener, More Sustainable Future
Are you a well-motivated self-starter who enjoys a challenge? If so, this might be the perfect opportunity to join a busy service delivery team at a time of significant development and change.
We provide waste and recycling services for all 236,000 households across Wiltshire, collecting waste and recycling, and we manage a network of 10 household recycling centres. We work hard to keep as much waste out of landfill as possible by maximising opportunities for recycling and reuse or recovering energy from waste that can’t be recycled, whilst making a significant contribution to reducing carbon emissions
As a Waste Project Officer, you will work closely with the Waste Strategy and Projects Lead to offer essential project support to the Waste Transformation Programme.
You will be responsible for conducting research, developing project documentation and delivering operational and strategic projects. In addition to leading specific projects, you will be analysing data to inform the drafting of briefing notes and providing recommendations across a range of projects to a number of stakeholders.
We are looking for individuals with proven technical research and project management skills, able to ensure that planned outcomes are achieved, as well as monitoring and reporting progress throughout.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for communicating outputs and recommendations in the form of briefing notes or business cases, to a range of audiences will be essential. You will have an outstanding attention to detail, be comfortable leading projects and will take a proactive approach to developing initiatives, ensuring successful programme delivery.
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 2 years
Interview date: To be confirmed following shortlisting
Rolling advert: We're continuously reviewing and interviewing applicants weekly for this job posting. We will stop accepting applications when sufficient applications have been received.
Waste Management - Shaping a Greener, More Sustainable Future
Are you a well-motivated self-starter who enjoys a challenge? If so, this might be the perfect opportunity to join a busy service delivery team at a time of significant development and change.
We provide waste and recycling services for all 236,000 households across Wiltshire, collecting waste and recycling, and we manage a network of 10 household recycling centres. We work hard to keep as much waste out of landfill as possible by maximising opportunities for recycling and reuse or recovering energy from waste that can’t be recycled, whilst making a significant contribution to reducing carbon emissions
As a Waste Project Officer, you will work closely with the Waste Strategy and Projects Lead to offer essential project support to the Waste Transformation Programme.
You will be responsible for conducting research, developing project documentation and delivering operational and strategic projects. In addition to leading specific projects, you will be analysing data to inform the drafting of briefing notes and providing recommendations across a range of projects to a number of stakeholders.
We are looking for individuals with proven technical research and project management skills, able to ensure that planned outcomes are achieved, as well as monitoring and reporting progress throughout.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for communicating outputs and recommendations in the form of briefing notes or business cases, to a range of audiences will be essential. You will have an outstanding attention to detail, be comfortable leading projects and will take a proactive approach to developing initiatives, ensuring successful programme delivery.
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