Head of Waste & Green Spaces

Interim Head of Waste & Green Spaces

Based in London, hybrid

Length: 3 months initially

Inside IR35

We are working with a London-based Local Authority to recruit and interim Head of Waste & Green Spaces to deliver high quality, compliant, efficient and customer focused Waste and Environmental related services.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement strategies for the future of the waste and green spaces services
• Work with other council services to effectively implement these strategies
• Responsible for oversight and compliant of procurement and contract management activity
• Carry out detailed investigations into the background of stage 1 & 2 complaints, members enquiries, and ombudsman enquiries
• Manage frontline operations and services to the public and businesses, including waste, street cleansing, and ground maintenance services
• Ensure all aspects of Health and Safety legislation are complied with
• Plan, manage and maintain the robust and reliable delivery of scheduled services
• Monitor and manage allocated budgets for up to £29m each year
• Manage the implementation of improvement initiatives and change programmes

Experience and knowledge required:

• Proven experience of leading a large resident facing team in environmental services or waste management
• Previous Local Government experience
• Ideally a full member of the Charted Institute of Waste Management
• Proven knowledge of health and safety and environmental compliance requirements
• Previous experience managing a team

To apply for this role or to find out about other jobs, please contact Niki Herek on the London Local Government Recruitment team on or send your CV to

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