Commercial Waste Officer
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,537 to £34,434 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 August 2025 |
| Location: | Selby, North Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | North Yorkshire Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Are you proactive and looking to gain experience in customer engagement?
If you are enthusiastic and interested in helping shape the future of commercial waste services, then we encourage you to apply.
The Service
The Commercial Waste Service is a part of the Central Waste Management Team, which fulfils North Yorkshire Council’s responsibilities as a Waste Disposal Authority. This team supports front-line waste operations by ensuring the safe and efficient reception, transfer, treatment, or disposal of commercial waste.
The Role
You’ll be joining the wider commercial waste team to help deliver, promote, and grow the Council’s commercial waste services across North Yorkshire.
Key responsibilities include:
Customer Engagement & Growth
Develop, market, and sell services to new and existing businesses
Focus on increasing both revenue and market share
Customer Journey Support
Handle contract administration and facilitate revenue expectations
Generate quotations and tender for contracts
Promote services and target prospective clients
Contract Management & Service Delivery
Create and manage customer contracts
Resolve service queries and implement changes
Assist with billing and work closely with credit control
Provide guidance and information about commercial waste services
Operational Collaboration
Work with the Resourcing Optimisation Team to maximise supply opportunities
What you will bring
The successful candidate will:
· Have a commitment to quality customer focussed service and experience of working in a commercially driven business/service.
· Have experience of customer face to face negotiations and contract management.
· Have experience of working with a variety of IT systems, case management systems and working collaboratively.
· Be able to present ideas in a clear manner to an audience and to think laterally.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
salary sacrifice schemes
employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
travel loans
Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.
Contact and Apply
If you are interested in learning more about our opportunity, please contact Heather Chew at Heather.Chew@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal conversation.
Applying is easy: simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.
Please let us know your motivation for applying for this position, how you meet the criteria and what you feel you could bring to the role in the supporting evidence section of the application form. For more details see attached Job Description. We look forward to hearing from you.
Key Dates
Closing date: Tuesday 12th August
Interview Date: Wednesday 20th August
If you are enthusiastic and interested in helping shape the future of commercial waste services, then we encourage you to apply.
The Service
The Commercial Waste Service is a part of the Central Waste Management Team, which fulfils North Yorkshire Council’s responsibilities as a Waste Disposal Authority. This team supports front-line waste operations by ensuring the safe and efficient reception, transfer, treatment, or disposal of commercial waste.
The Role
You’ll be joining the wider commercial waste team to help deliver, promote, and grow the Council’s commercial waste services across North Yorkshire.
Key responsibilities include:
Customer Engagement & Growth
Develop, market, and sell services to new and existing businesses
Focus on increasing both revenue and market share
Customer Journey Support
Handle contract administration and facilitate revenue expectations
Generate quotations and tender for contracts
Promote services and target prospective clients
Contract Management & Service Delivery
Create and manage customer contracts
Resolve service queries and implement changes
Assist with billing and work closely with credit control
Provide guidance and information about commercial waste services
Operational Collaboration
Work with the Resourcing Optimisation Team to maximise supply opportunities
What you will bring
The successful candidate will:
· Have a commitment to quality customer focussed service and experience of working in a commercially driven business/service.
· Have experience of customer face to face negotiations and contract management.
· Have experience of working with a variety of IT systems, case management systems and working collaboratively.
· Be able to present ideas in a clear manner to an audience and to think laterally.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
salary sacrifice schemes
employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
travel loans
Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.
Contact and Apply
If you are interested in learning more about our opportunity, please contact Heather Chew at Heather.Chew@northyorks.gov.uk for an informal conversation.
Applying is easy: simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.
Please let us know your motivation for applying for this position, how you meet the criteria and what you feel you could bring to the role in the supporting evidence section of the application form. For more details see attached Job Description. We look forward to hearing from you.
Key Dates
Closing date: Tuesday 12th August
Interview Date: Wednesday 20th August