Salary - 28,000 plus Veolia benefits
Hours - Monday to Friday - 32 hours per week - some work may be required outside office hours / at weekends due to attending events
Location - Southend On Sea - please note occasional travel may be required
When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.
We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.
What we can offer you;
- 25 days of annual leave.
- Access to our company pension scheme.
- Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers.
- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to.
- 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household.
- One paid day every year to volunteer and support your community.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential.
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for communicating with residents to solve issues and inform them of any changes to their recycling and waste services, as well as delivering face-to-face community engagement activities to achieve project goals. This could include identifying target groups and developing appropriate strategies to deliver key messages, developing and delivering community events, and door-knocking target areas. This role includes the following:
- Be passionate about improving recycling and reducing waste, and keen to use behaviour change theories to deliver impactful campaigns.
- Work with the ECO Lead Officer to research, develop and deliver projects to promote effective recycling and responsible environmental behaviours to communities across the regions you support.
- Communicate with residents to solve issues with waste collections and inform them of any changes to their recycling and waste services.
- Deliver engagement activities to achieve project goals, which could include identifying target audiences, developing appropriate strategies to communicate key messages and change behaviours, organising community events and tours of the site, and door-knocking target areas.
- Create briefs and manage relationships with design agencies, printers and other third party suppliers to provide effective marketing materials.
- Support the wider ECO team in the preparation of press releases, website updates, and social media communications.
- Liaise with the operational team and collections crews on service issues and campaign plans.
- Support internal communications campaigns to improve our working culture and safety performance.
What are we looking for?
- Proven experience in project planning and management
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with a high degree of attention to detail
- Strong organisational and multitasking skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Ability to demonstrate creativity and innovation, especially within communications
- Strong Microsoft Office/Google Suite software skills and highly computer literate
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Strong interest in sustainability and environmental awareness
- Understanding of communications and marketing processes
- Experience of working in the waste management or environmental sector
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field, or significant project management experience
- Experience of engagement and outreach work with school children and the public
- UK driving licence and willingness to drive in the borough to conduct research, attend events and run engagement activities
What's next?
Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.
We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.
We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.
We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.
We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.
