Recycling Advisor
Hours: 36 Hours Per Week (Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, with flexibility for earlier/later shifts)
Contract: 30 Week Temporary Contract
Location: 25 Ashley Road, Tottenham Hale, London, N17 9LJ
Pay Rate: PAYE £21.77 per hour
To increase participation in the Authority's recycling service and reduce recycling contamination by engaging directly with residents and businesses.
The role involves property surveys, door-to-door visits, advice and education campaigns to help residents reduce waste and recycle more effectively, with a particular focus on improving the quality of household recycling.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Conduct surveys and assessments of residential properties to understand current recycling behaviours and identify barriers to participation
- Engage directly with residents through door-to-door visits, community events and roadshows to promote food recycling, packaging recycling and general waste reduction
- Provide tailored advice and practical information to residents about the correct use of recycling services
- Monitor participation levels, capture feedback from residents, and help identify areas requiring further intervention or targeted campaigns
- Assist in the distribution of leaflets and other materials to encourage correct recycling practices
- Support communication campaigns and social media content by feeding in local insights and examples
- Maintain accurate records of visits, surveys, engagement activities and resident feedback
- Work closely with other teams (e.g. collections, communications, enforcement) to help address local recycling challenges
- Undertake other duties, commensurate with the grade, as may reasonably be required
Requirements:
We're seeking someone enthusiastic, collaborative, and committed to environmental outcomes. You'll ideally have:
- Good general education (e.g. GCSEs or equivalent)
- Experience of working directly with the public, ideally through outreach, community engagement, sales or advisory work
- Awareness of recycling, food waste and wider environmental issues (training can be provided)
- Relevant training in customer service, community engagement or sustainability
- Experience of recording and reporting data accurately (e.g. surveys, CRM systems, Excel)
- Confident communicator, able to engage with residents from a range of backgrounds in a polite and persuasive way
- Good observational and problem-solving skills to identify local barriers to recycling
- Able to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Basic IT skills for recording survey results and producing reports
- Enthusiastic and positive attitude to promoting environmental sustainability
- Respectful, approachable and able to build trust quickly
- Flexible and able to work earlier or later shifts as and when required to support service needs
- Adhere to NLWA's values and meet the standard NLWA requirements for the post
- Be physically able to walk long distances, use a trolley to transport materials and willingness to work outdoors in all weather
Benefits:
- Weekly Pay
- Company Pension
- Ongoing Agency Support
- Temp-to-Perm Opportunities
Additional Information:
Candidate Requirements:
- Eligible to work in the UK
- 3 Years References/Work History
- Training Records
Reference: OR108502
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 7 months
Pay: £17.77 per hour
Expected hours: 36.0 per week
Experience:
- Waste Management & recycling: 3 years (required)
- Training in CS, community engagement, or sustainability: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Training Records (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
