Joint Waste Solutions

Are you an experienced communications and engagement professional looking for an exciting new opportunity tackling environmental issues?

This role will help to plan, develop and deliver communications and engagement activities at Joint Waste Solutions, the team that delivers recycling improvement work on behalf of a partnership that includes all of Surrey’s councils and manages a recycling, waste and street cleaning contract on behalf of four partners.

You will be developing and implementing multi-channel behaviour change campaigns and producing information about recycling and waste services. You’ll also be creating engaging social and digital media content including short films, handling media enquiries and helping to manage and develop our channels.

The successful candidate will have experience of working on multi-channel communications and/or engagement campaigns, as well as good knowledge and experience of using all digital channels and updating websites. You’ll need excellent verbal and written communications skills and be able to manage a range of projects and deliver them to deadline.

Full details of the role and person specification are included in the job description.

This is a maternity cover role and will be a14-month contract. To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter.

Benefits include a minimum of 24 days annual leave, Local Government Pension Scheme, free parking and lifestyle rewards benefits.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Pat Hindley on 07825 245249 or at pat.hindley@jointwastesolutions.org.

Closing date: 27 February 2023

Interview date: 22/23 March 2023

Equal Opportunities

Joint Waste Solutions is committed to equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. If you are unable to apply online for reasons of disability, please get in touch using the contact details in the advert above to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be made to accommodate your individual requirements. Please note: Joint Waste Solutions is hosted by Surrey Heath Borough Council so the council will be the employer for this post. All successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with BPSS guidelines, which includes standard identification, referencing and unspent conviction checks. Joint Waste Solutions and Surrey Heath Borough Council undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed. For the best chance of successful application, please read the job description fully before applying for this vacancy as it contains information you will need to refer to when applying. We do not accept CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful. All unsuccessful applications will be removed and confidentially disposed of six months after the closing date.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link below.