Manager, Domestic Waste

at  Northern Beaches Council

Date: 17 Jun 2024
Location: AU
Company: Northern Beaches Council
Division: Environment & Open Space
Business Unit: Waste Management & Cleansing
Title: Manager, Domestic Waste, Permanent - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week
Competitive Salary Package (subject to skills and experience)

WHO WE ARE:

Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community. We are proud to be the winner of the Bluett Award 2022 and the 2022 Change Champion Award in the Enterprise Category.
Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.

The Waste Management & Cleansing Business Unit provides a range of services relating to cleansing, waste and resource recovery, including collection services as well as being the key point of contact for the management of Kimbriki. It provides accurate and timely advice and uses better practice methods and procedures while developing new and innovative solutions. The Waste Management & Cleansing Business Unit delivers the following services:

• Cleansing Services
• Waste Management and Resource Recovery
• Waste management and reduction education
• Litterbin Services

Northern Beaches Council is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Council acknowledges that protecting the safety of children and young people is a whole of community responsibility and is everyone’s business.

ABOUT YOU:

We’re looking for a proactive and adaptable waste leader to join our team. You’ll bring a customer centric and systematic approach to a team passionate about making a difference to our community.

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development. In this role you’ll enjoy -

• A culture of supporting continuous professional development
• Genuine work-life balance and flexible working arrangements
• Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment
• High level of technological innovation and system

The key focus areas of this role include:

• providing direction and leadership in managing staff and other resources to ensure high performance delivery and high customer satisfaction with Council’s domestic and internal waste service,
• co-ordinating and leading best practice contract management and negotiation for Council’s waste collection, processing and disposal contracts
• ensure the team provides a cohesive, risk appropriate and efficient approach to ensure waste collection at the property level is safe, accessible and maximises circular economy opportunitie