About Us
Central Bedfordshire is an ambitious authority, determined to be an exemplary one. Our strategic location and high quality of life mean we are one of the fastest growing areas in the country.
As a council we face the same challenges every business does - investing in the right places and delivering great results. Except for us, it’s all about our 289,000 residents. We’re totally focused on helping to improve their lives and making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work.
We have set values and principles to represent the way we work and how we operate as an organization. You can view a list of these in detail on our website.
This is a great time to join us on our journey.
About the role:
Community Services is committed to ensuring Central Bedfordshire is a great place to live, work and visit. We achieve this by managing several large-scale, high-cost public-facing services that enhance our area, including areas such as waste collection and disposal, household waste recycling centres, street cleansing and grounds maintenance.
You’ll find your greatness as you play an essential role working in Environmental Services to provide key management support and act as a lead for the department in legislative change whilst ensuring we meet our obligations for local and national policy.
You will have worked in the environmental or similar sectors where there has been a focus interpreting information, legislation and best practice to recommend and deliver policy development and change where it’s needed. You will be the communications lead in the team delivering behavioural change activities, educational and communications support with internal and external stakeholders, collaboratively engaging with the Council's communications and marketing team.
Your team will review and lead to make recommendations resulting from consultations, as well as departmental project and process support. You'll act as a key contact for Community Services, the directorate and Council in local and national forum including other Local Authorities and Government organisations.You’re skilled at building strong relationships and sharing knowledge with internal colleagues, external stakeholders, and Councillors. You're accustomed to management, prioritisation and change whilst considering local and national influences.
Educated to a high standard, you will have a high level of IT skills, and numeracy with the ability to lead and motivate a small team of environmental experts. You'll bring your expertise and strategic thinking to lead with the formation of policy and relevant environmental legislation whilst assisting in the delivery of the departments service plan and the Directorate and Council strategy. Join us, and help us to deliver great high quality services.
What we can offer you
As well as joining a friendly, dedicated, and hardworking team you will have access to numerous benefits, including:
- A hybrid working arrangement giving you the option to work from home and access any CBC office location. We recognise and value the importance of supporting our employees to balance their home and work life and to be able to work in the most efficient way.
- A £250 one-off hybrid worker payment to help you adapt your home for safe and suitable working conditions
- A comprehensive IT package to support you to work safely and effectively
- The ability to work abroad for up to a month a year
- Generous family friendly policies and practices
- A welcoming and inclusive environment that empowers differences
- Friendly and supportive staff networks
- Annual leave allowance 24 days + statutory holidays rising to 31 days with length of service.
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). This is a valuable part of our rewards package for employees and includes Life Assurance. You can find out more on the Bedfordshire Pension Fund website.
- An exceptional Employee Assistance Programme which helps support employees with workplace changes as well as other work, family and personal issues
- A huge variety of courses and role-specific training and learning to help you succeed and develop
- Access to discounts on top UK retailers and local retailers
Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire 'A great place to live and work’.
Sustainability matters to us. We aim to lead by example in tackling climate change. Read more about the action we’re taking on our website: Climate change – tackling it and our strategy
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Craig Siddle at Craig.Siddle@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
