Head of Waste & Green Spaces

Interim Head of Waste & Green Spaces

Based in London, hybrid

Length: 3 months initially

Inside IR35

We are working with a London-based Local Authority to recruit and interim Head of Waste & Green Spaces to deliver high quality, compliant, efficient and customer focused Waste and Environmental related services.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement strategies for the future of the waste and green spaces services
• Work with other council services to effectively implement these strategies
• Responsible for oversight and compliant of procurement and contract management activity
• Carry out detailed investigations into the background of stage 1 & 2 complaints, members enquiries, and ombudsman enquiries
• Manage frontline operations and services to the public and businesses, including waste, street cleansing, and ground maintenance services
• Ensure all aspects of Health and Safety legislation are complied with
• Plan, manage and maintain the robust and reliable delivery of scheduled services
• Monitor and manage allocated budgets for up to £29m each year
• Manage the implementation of improvement initiatives and change programmes

Experience and knowledge required:

• Proven experience of leading a large resident facing team in environmental services or waste management
• Previous Local Government experience
• Ideally a full member of the Charted Institute of Waste Management
• Proven knowledge of health and safety and environmental compliance requirements
• Previous experience managing a team

To apply for this role or to find out about other jobs, please contact Niki Herek on the London Local Government Recruitment team on 020 7557 7667 or send your CV to localgov@venngroup.com

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