CircleUp Project Officer

at  Oxfordshire County Council

Job Introduction
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is part of a four-year UKRI and EU funded project, ‘Circle Up,’ aimed at inspiring sustainable living across Europe. We are one of ten partners collaborating across the UK, Germany, Latvia, and Norway to develop and test intervention packages to help and encourage residents to increase the adoption of circular (sustainable) behaviours.
We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to join our team on a casual basis to help deliver this important work. The focus of our activity will be in Wantage and Grove in Vale of White Horse, where we aim to understand how we can encourage more residents to change their behaviour to reduce, reuse, repair, refill, and share items, thereby reducing wastage and aiding the transition to a circular economy.

• Act as the main liaison with established circular community groups in the area, including ‘The Mix’ based in Wantage.
• Use demographic and geographical information to plan a survey exploring the barriers and motivations for residents to adopt circular behaviours in one or all of four priority materials:
• Packaging (plastic and card)
• Textiles
• Electronics
• Food
  Utilise the data gathered and knowledge of the community to identify potential practical interventions to increase the uptake of circular behaviours in the area.