Waste Collections Operative

5 months ago

Walsall, United Kingdom Walsall Council Full time

Walsall Borough, Highways, Transport and Operations

**Waste Collections Operative - Ref: EE08523**
**Salary: G4 - £23,893 to £25,979 per annum**
**Contract: Permanent, full-time**

Highways, Transport and Operations are seeking to recruit Waste Collections Operatives to work within our Waste and Street Cleansing services.

Our teams work borough wide and across multiple waste types including residual waste, recycling, garden waste and trade waste. Being familiar with Walsall and experience in the industry, along with a knowledge in any of these disciplines will be an advantage to applicants.

We are seeking individuals who can accommodate the physical demands relating to the services we deliver and think they can help us provide a key service to the public of Walsall.

The role requires applicants to have an understanding of and the ability to provide high quality customer service. A full driving licence is also essential.

If this is you, then we would like to hear from you.

**Hours of work**:
37 hours - Monday to Sunday working, required to work in accordance with local arrangements across clean and green operations. Annualised hour contract with annual leave commitments calculated in hours.

Under local agreement, our waste collection teams currently work 4 days per week between Monday and Friday. Our collection crews start shift at 06:15 and end shift at 16:15 with a 45 minute break during the day.

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

**Qualifications**:
The selection process will include a basic initial assessment and an interview during which suitability, commitment and interest for the role will be determined.

Full driving licence - Category - Maximum BE / Minimum B

View Job Description and Employee Specification

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

**Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

**Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment.**

To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

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