Head of Waste & Green Spaces - SHEER JOBS LIMITED : Job Details

Head of Waste & Green Spaces

Role Purpose

To be a highly effective leader and manager of the Waste, Street Cleansing, and Green Spaces Services, ensuring agreed service plans and performance targets are delivered and that a culture of putting our residents first and continuous service improvement is maintained. Deliver high quality, compliant, efficient and customer focused Waste and Environmental related services.

Responsible for developing and implementing strategies for the future of the waste and green spaces services and working collaboratively with other client services to effectively implement these strategies with an understanding of how changes may impact other client services.

To take an active role, in partnership work with other local authorities and outside bodies, contributing to wider strategies with a focus on increasing biodiversity, minimising waste, and decreasing carbon emissions. To lead by example and embed a culture of continuous improvement across all aspects of the services. To be available, when requested, as a keynote speaker at national conferences to promote Hillingdon’s best practices and be recognised as a leader in the environment sector.

Taking the strategic lead in the client’s approach to delivering front line services, ensuring compliance with legislation and national policy. Leader of a commercially driven team, maximising return on significant assets and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve improved value for money and significant savings for the Department whilst maximising income.

Delivery of MTFF savings, and development of future cost saving strategies with sound oversight of allocated budgets and associated spend. Overall management of Harlington Road Depot, and the wider reach of managing other services working out of the depot. Responsible for oversight and compliant of procurement and contract management activity across the services, ensuring delivery of the Clients Standing Orders.Operational responsibility, including health and safety, security, and environmental compliance in the following areas:

Countryside & Conservation

Trees and Landscape

Cemeteries & Crematorium

Playgrounds

Ruislip Lido

Golf Courses

Allotments

Open Spaces

Household and Commercial Waste & Recycling Collections

Street Cleansing

Recycling projects and initiatives

Household Waste & Recycling Centres

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Management qualification to diploma level, or equivalent experience

STATUTORY or ROLE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service which may include occasional evening and weekend meetings
• Ability to travel across and outside of the borough as required for the role.
• Hold a current UK driving license and have a vehicle available for use at all times
• Ability to fully access green spaces sites / rough ground across the borough in order to carry out the full extent of the role
• To be a full member of the Charted Institute of Waste Management

Experience

• Significant experience of leading a large resident facing team in environmental services, waste management or similar field
• Successful track record of consistent achievement operating at a senior management level in a similar role.
• Significant experience of accurate budget management
• Significant experience of working in partnership with various other council services, which waste and environment has either a direct or indirect influence on.
• Significant experience of working/communicating with Members and residents.
• Significant experience of managing a large workforce and managing challenging behaviour.
• Significant experience of public speaking on a national forum to promote best practice.

Knowledge & Skills

• A comprehensive and cross cutting knowledge of relevant policy, UK & EU legislation and strategy areas affecting waste and environmental services.
• Sound understanding of all legislation applicable to the public sector relevant to Waste Management, Open Spaces, and related matters
• Ability to manage, maintain and report budgets accurately.
• Proven knowledge of health and safety and environmental compliance requirements for all aspects of the Service.
• Comprehensive knowledge of risk and compliancy issues in relation to waste and environment services with the ability to assess risk and promote risk awareness without being risk averse.
• An understanding of local authority governance, pressures, constraints and opportunities
• Knowledge of 'O' Licence requirements
• An understanding of environment management systems and strategies and the options available to implement them
• Significant experience in two or more of the following areas; waste management, collection services, street cleaning , grounds maintenance, countryside and conservation, bereavement services or environmental maintenance.
• The ability to develop strategies for the future of the waste and green spaces service and the understanding of how changes may impact other council services.
• Overall knowledge of all general Direct Service Organisational services (DSO) to be a critical friend to other direct services.

Rate of Pay

PAYE: £466.58

Umbrella: £650

Location: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, UB8 1UW