Local ECO Lead
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £32,000 i £33,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5 5JE |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Veolia |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | JR26466_1760097565 |
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Salary: £32k plus Veolia Benefits
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (some evenings and weekends required) 08:30-17:00 standard hours
Location: Northampton with some travel required
To apply please provide a 1 page cover letter and a CV (max 2 pages).
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you:
- 25 days of annual leave
- Access to our company pension scheme
- Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
- One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
What you'll be doing:
This engagement-focused ECO Lead role primarily supports our Northampton contract, with occasional travel to North London and the Home Counties. You'll develop and deliver community engagement and service improvement projects, aiming to reduce waste and increase recycling, ensuring measurable results. Supported by an Area ECO Manager, you'll join an award-winning national ECO team, sharing best practices.
Responsibilities include:
- Building strong relationships with our key client (West Northamptonshire Council)
- Providing ECO support to additional contracts (Brent, Haringey, South Buckinghamshire, St Albans)
- Driving ECO performance through project planning
- Delivering social value initiatives
- Identifying good news stories
- collaborating with External Engagement and senior leadership teams
- Managing the contract ECO team budget and 'business as usual' outputs.
If you love developing relationships, delivering social value, and engaging with residents, local authorities and frontline teams, then this is the role for you.
What we are looking for:
- Experience delivering behaviour change and/or community engagement techniques and analysing results
- Experience of project and event development and delivery
- Superb written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills
- Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships
- Ability to identify good news stories and develop them in partnership with PR team
- A flexible and proactive approach that prioritises meeting our client and service user needs
Desirable:
- Recycling and waste industry knowledge
- Understanding or experience of working with local authorities
- Ability to develop creative visual content across multiple formats
- Advanced understanding of data management and analysis
- Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications.
What's next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.
We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.
We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.