Charging Operative

Do you enjoy working with people and looking after the environment?

Leicestershire County Council is looking to recruit a Charging Operative(s) at its Recycling and Household Waste Sites (RHWS). You must be self-motivated, hard-working, willing to learn and have good customer care skills.

You will act as the lead operative on site and will be responsible for identifying, assessing and charging residents for their chargeable waste, assisting in resolving on site complaints and delivering a high-quality service under challenging financial times.

The role(s) covers Melton Mowbray RHWS, Somerby RHWS and Bottesford RHWS or Barwell RHWS, Lount RHWS and Coalville RHWS.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

•             A good understanding of waste Health & Safety.

•             Good communication skills and the ability to handle all customers in a polite and professional manner.

•             The ability to converse with ease with customers and provide advice and information in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

•             Ability to travel to locations across the County as required.

Please see the Job Description/Person Specification which are attached further down on this page.

For informal enquires please contact, Paul Taylor on 07947915008 or email:

paul.x.taylor@leics.gov.uk

Leicestershire County Council is committed to Smarter Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.

We are supportive of flexible working and candidates who wish to discuss this should contact name Paul Taylor to discuss what is possible for this role. Examples may include requests for flexible working patterns, term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/ remote working etc.

Please apply sending us your CV as well as a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words and be incorporated into your CV, to form a single document.

Please see the link below to Environment and Transport’s web pages for further information about the department, working for Leicestershire County Council and the job opportunities available. The web pages also contain CV Guidance documents for applicants to read and use.

https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/jobs-and-volunteering/working-for-the-council/working-in-environment-and-transport

We particularly welcome applicants from black, minority, ethnic (BME) communities, disabled people and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities as they are currently under represented within our workforce.

Previous applicants within the last six months need not apply.

Closing date:02 May 2021 at midnight.

If you have any technical issues completing your application form, please contact: escservicedesk@emss.org.uk