Head of Environmental Services

7 months ago


Cirencester, United Kingdom Cheltenham Borough Council Full time

**Head of Environmental Services**

**Up to £60,000 per annum, 37 hours per week**

**Cirencester/Coleford/Witney/Agile & Homeworking**

**Are you passionate about making a tangible difference to the environment? Do you want to accelerate your career? If so, we've got the perfect role for you**

We work with three partner councils and Ubico as part of a unique partnership. Ubico provide a wide range of environmental services including waste, recycling, street cleansing and grounds maintenance. We deliver services to over 300,000 residents in the Cotswolds, Forest of Dean, and West Oxfordshire and Ubico empty over 28 million household bins annually and 140,000 public litter bins. We deliver over £4million of environmental services and we want to be even more commercial.

The partnership is ambitious, and our Environmental Services Innovation Programme (ESIP) is transforming services for each partner council and has been shortlisted for national awards.

**About the role**

Publica Group is seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Environmental Services to join our team. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who wants to bring their expertise into a role that has real impact on the environment and local communities.

You will be responsible for monitoring the three environmental contracts each of the councils has with Ubico as well as being responsible for environmental policy. You will provide advice and guidance to councils on the procurement and delivery of environmental services including waste, recycling, street cleansing and grounds maintenance.

You will need a strong background in contract management, and a proven track record of successful project delivery. Excellent communication skills, ability to work under pressure, and a commitment to continuous improvement and service transformation are also essential.

You will need to be confident profession who is able to influence, working in partnership with colleagues, councils and service providers.

So, are you ready to use your expertise to lead our environmental efforts?

**Our Future**

The pace of change in the world of local government is getting faster, whether it be levelling up, climate change or local pressures, such as affordable housing, we are being asked to do more, faster and with less money. Publica has already established a strong track record in delivering savings and improving services, but we want to go further. We also want to explore ways to provide more of the things that our existing council partners want and to look beyond our existing boundaries to see how what we do might benefit new partners.

**You will need**
- To be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant profession
- To be able to translate and influence strategic direction
- Experience of working in a political diverse environment
- Experience of implementing change, transformation, and monitoring service performance and delivering improvements
- To be agile, resilient, and a visible leader
- Experience of large complex service contracts

**Special conditions**
- Ability to travel and have access to own car
- Expected to work reasonable additional hours in line with the needs of the service

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

**What can we do for you**
- Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
- Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
- 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
- Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
- Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
- Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
- Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
- Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
- Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
- Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

**How to apply**

Please submit an up-to-date copy of your CV, along with a supporting statement (four sides of A4 maximum) addressing the criteria set out in the role profile and using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.

Applications should include:

- Your full contact details.
- Names, positions, organisations, and contact details for two referees (we will ask your permission before contacting referees).
- Notification of any dates when you are not available throughout the recruitment process.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £60,000.00 per year

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