Recycling Officer

About us

Hillingdon Council: Putting our Residents first.

About the role

Are you looking for a high impact role?

Are you passionate about the environment with a keen interesting in recycling?

If you are highly motivated, forward thinking and driven by seeing your actions make a positive difference, then a Recycling Officer within London's second largest borough is the role for you!

You will have experience of working in the waste and recycling industry and a sound knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation.

Your project management and communication skills will be critical in helping to implement evolving strategies and to reach challenging targets in reducing waste and increasing recycling.

You must have a UK driving licence and full access to your own vehicle, for which mileage costs will be paid at the HMRC rate.

About you

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic individual for the role of 'Recycling Officer' within our waste services team.

This is an exciting time to join Hillingdon as we launch a new recycling team that will be responsible for engaging with our residents, businesses and community members to increase recycling participation through education and behaviour change.

The team will identify and deliver a wide range of projects and initiatives which help us to reach our recycling targets and reduce the boroughs carbon footprint whilst ensuring that the quality of our services and our high standard of delivery are maintained.

If this opportunity excites you, and you believe you meet our criteria (as outlined in the Person Specification), we look forward to receiving your application!