Manager Waste Services

**Manager Waste Services**:
**Job no**: 497941

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: MSP

**Categories**: Management, Environment & Sustainability, Local Laws, Compliance & Regulation

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**About the role**
In this role, you will manage Council’s waste services operations to ensure effective implementation and optimum delivery aligned with the Council’s Waste Management strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the management of waste business operations including landfill, resource recovery centres, green organic processing centre, commercial bin collection programs, former landfills and transfer stations.
- Guiding the development and implementation of waste reduction strategies that align with the principles of circular economy
- identifying opportunities and trends to reduce waste generation, promoting recycling and reuse, and finding ways to divert waste from landfills.
- Managing contracts and relationships with waste management service providers to ensure that services are delivered to the required standards and within budget. Lead the development and review of service level agreements for waste services.
- Monitoring and reporting on waste management performance, including waste reduction targets, recycling rates, and landfill diversion rates.
- Leading the resolution of key waste issues. Leading a continuous improvement in waste by guiding the business to proactively address problems and initiate changes in response to the cues in the external environment.
- Leading and developing the Waste Services team, ensuring that staff are trained and equipped with the necessary skills and resources to perform their roles effectively
- providing timely feedback, coaching, and mentoring, as well as identifying opportunities for professional development and career progression.
- Managing the department’s budget, including planning and forecasting, monitoring expenditures, and identifying opportunities for cost savings by undertaking resource-based budgeting, plant replacement fees and charges, and putting together business cases.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have operational management experience within the waste services fields including a good understanding of current issues and trends, relevant legal implications and asset management principles.

Essential Experience:

- Tertiary qualifications in waste management, sustainability or environmental sciences, business or others relevant to the position.
- Ability to think strategically, analytically and conceptually to develop and manage complex issues regarding waste.
- Knowledge of waste legislation and its impacts on all Council operations.
- Demonstrated experience in operational planning and delivery including stakeholder engagement within a waste services context.
- Well-developed communication (written/oral) and presentation skills and demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
- Strong negotiation skills as well as the ability to articulate and influence outcomes at a senior level.
- Extensive contract management skills and experience in managing waste contracts and projects, including issues resolution.

**A career with us**
With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

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