Overview
Household waste and recycling operative – NN16 8PP NN8 4FR
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join North Northamptonshire Council as a waste Collection Operative (Refuse & Recycling Loader) within the Waste Department.
The successful candidate will be based at our Wellingborough or Kettering Depots (you can choose which one you want to work at) and have the opportunity to be part of a front line team providing a vital service to local residents.
We have part time and full time positions available enabling you to work around other commitments.
You will work with other team members over various routes that will change daily.
You will need to be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions and be able to walk up to 12 miles a day.
You will need to be polite to customers and other members of the public who you will come into contact with.
Have a understanding of treating all staff and customers respectfully.
An initial screening interview of 5 minutes will take place via Teams.
About you
You will be physically fit as the role can be quite demanding and you may have to walk up to 12 miles a day.
You should enjoy working outside with a small team as the crews are self-driven having to work with their own initiative.
You should have a flexible approach to work with a positive attitude as the role can be varied.
Exhibit a can do attitude and be willing to learn and take on more responsibility as you develop.
Contact Garry Edwards if have any question concerning the role via email garry.edwards@northnorthants.gov.uk
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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