What's involved with this role: Interim Principal Haulage Waste Officer Reference no: Leicestershire TCL 0009 5E83 / 1 Pay Rate: up to £30.00 per hour PAYE depending on experience 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 2 months City: GLENFIELD Hybrid - candidate will be required to be in the office 2 to 3 days a week. Candidates will require knowledge in Transport and vehicles, Procurement and contract knowledge. Manage key, high value waste contracts, support the development of waste management haulage services and to deliver operational commissioning processes from planning to implementation. Key Responsibilities: Manage a team, developing their skills and competencies to support changing priorities, and keeping the capabilities of the service current with business requirements. Participate in recruitment, induction, training and development programmes to help develop the service and ensure it has the skills it needs to deliver its forward programme. Undertake performance management of staff including absence management, disciplinary and other relevant processes in accordance with the County Council’s policies. Identify and develop new commercial opportunities to generate income and manage costs effectively. Be responsible for protecting and managing information securely, and reporting breaches or suspected information security breaches, in line with Council policies. Responsible for maintaining effective partnerships and working relationships with statutory, voluntary, private agencies, District & Borough Councils and communities to promote and meet the Council’s and Department’s services and objectives. Responsible for protecting and managing information securely, and reporting breaches or suspected information security breaches, in line with Council policies. Manage key waste contracts, including Bulk Haulage, Plant equipment, Treatment, Recycling, Energy from Waste (EfW) and Landfill contracts. Qualifications: Relevant Degree; or Substantial equivalent experience in contract procurement, contract management and/or direct operations/transport/logistics services Member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management (MCIWM), Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport or equivalent (or willing to work towards) Knowledge: Good knowledge of waste management legislation Operation of haulage operations, HWRC operations, waste transfer stations, and waste management practice and technologies Contract and Procurement legislation Experience: Significant experience in the procurement and management of waste contracts (or contracts of a similar nature), Significant experience in the operation of waste transport services (or equivalent service) Experience in managing people Budget management, forecasting and reporting for significant value budgets Managing and developing a team of staff (including operational staff) Interpreting and writing technical and non-technical reports and providing technical advice to stakeholders, including to senior managers and elected members Engagement with stakeholders, including attending and producing materials for meetings and exhibitions, and in dealing effectively with media and publicity relating to service issues Skills & Abilities: Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to negotiate, shape and influence to achieve successful outcomes and to continue to build on the credibility of the Council and its services. Be able to work to tight timescales and to agreed targets Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please