Recycling Engagement Team Leader

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

Are you passionate about recycling initiatives and promoting sustainable practices -  if so you may be the perfect candidate for this role.

To further increase our recycling rate and prepare for household food waste collections in 2026, we are recruiting to a new Recycling Engagement Team – as the Team Leader you will be required to supervise and motivate a team of officers responsible for developing recycling initiatives and campaigns that raise awareness about waste minimisation and the circular economy to encourage participation. You will be required to talk to and motivate householders about recycling, provide service information, challenge poor behaviours and help residents prepare for the new food waste collections.

As well as speaking with householders, you will be required to organise and support events and activities with local community groups and schools that raise awareness, educate and promote the service. You will help to tackle low level take-up or non-compliance, particularly in relation to waste collected from communal housing.

Good interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and motivate householders to recycle are crucial for this role. Experience of similar work is desirable.

Next Steps: 

Closing Date: Sunday, 27 April 2025 at 23:59pm. 

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: (below) 

Denise Best - Denise.Best@Knowsley.gov.uk

James Holmes - James.Holmes@Knowsley.gov.uk (07810053467) 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.