Behaviour Change Lead – Waste and Recycling

at  Essex County Council

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE LEAD - WASTE AND RECYCLING

Fixed Term, Full Time
Up to £44,612 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
Please note this role is a fixed-term contract opportunity until March 2026.
The Opportunity
Join the Circular Economy Team in our mission to transform Essex into a Safer, Greener, and Healthier County. We’re dedicated to minimising the impact on the environment by supporting residents to reduce waste and increase the amounts recycled, and by working with others to deliver a more circular economy.
The Behaviour Change Lead role is a new position where you’ll be instrumental in developing and driving the Waste Reduction Behaviour Change programme for recycling and waste. The programme will identify, develop, test and evidence the impact of interventions to support strategic goals and secure future investment.
We are seeking a passionate individual to lead a team and champion engaging and innovative external communications and campaigns that deliver lasting behaviour change.
Join us in creating a brighter, more sustainable future for Essex!
What will you be doing?
As Behaviour Change Lead, you will play a key role in leading a team working closely with external consultancies, partners and stakeholders to design and deliver activities aimed at assessing feasibility.
Your responsibilities will include overseeing interventions and communications campaigns delivered through the Love Essex and council brands, implementing digital solutions, and co-ordinating service-led activities. Additionally, you will be responsible for evidencing the impact of behavioural change interventions, ensuring that the impact of each intervention is measured, learning is captured and replicable models are documented.
Working closely alongside the Communications Lead to support the delivery of the Waste Reduction Behaviour Change programme ensuring ambitious waste reduction and increased recycling goals are met.

What’s in it for you?

• Healthy work life balance; flexible and hybrid working options
• Wide range of learning and development opportunities
• IT equipment and home-working equipment supplied
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays + choice to buy extra
• Generous Local Government Salary related pension scheme
• Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards
• Access to our health and wellbeing support platform with Vita Health Group
• Up to 4 days per annum volunteering leave
• Life assurance of three times annual salary
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Private health and dental care plans

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience.
• Significant experience of executing successful interventions and external communications/campaigns that drive behavioural change on behalf of a large, complex organisation in-line with brand guidelines.
• Line management experience with the ability to lead, motivate, support, empower and inspire a high performing team.
• Experience of using data and insight to design activities, monitor in real time, report on impact and effectiveness and allow for continuous improvement.
• Excellent interpersonal writing and presentation skills and an ability to communicate clearly and accurately to a variety of audiences, with experience of reputational management and crisis communications.

Desirable :

• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience of working in a political environment, skills in understanding and responding to different perspectives and taking a cross organisational and cross-partner perspective.
• Experience of leading projects and matrix management.
• A broad interest and understanding of waste management, environmental issues and wider circular
• economy issues.

Interview DetailsInterviews are scheduled to take place on 16th and 18th April 2024 at County Hall in Chelmsford. As part of the interview process you may be asked to create a virtual presentation.
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What you should do next
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