Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RAWorker Category: Hybrid Worker Salary: £38,700 - £41,373 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)Working Hours: 37 hours per week The Waste and Environment, Programme and Resources Team are recruiting a Senior Environment & Waste Management Officer (Data). The successful candidate will supervise a small team who are responsible for producing performance management statistics and reports, as well as managing, processing and validating waste and environmental data. About the Role Working in a small, friendly team, you’ll oversee successful collation and processing of waste data, ensuring the County Council has the information it needs in order to fulfil its statutory duties as a Waste Disposal Authority. You will manage technicians processing data from the Council’s contractors, making sure that we complete data returns in good time, in support of statutory returns and the processing of invoices. You will also lead on the improvement of data processes and procedures, in response to changing waste operations and legislation. The successful applicant will have good numerical, management and communications skills, and a high degree of competence with Microsoft Excel. There will be opportunity to learn how to use our bespoke software systems. The work would suit someone with transferable data management skills. Good communication skills are important, and a background in waste management would be advantageous. About You To apply for this post, you must have: A relevant degree (or equivalent qualification) OR equivalent experience in management and provision of waste or environment data. Knowledge of waste and environment legislation, policies and procedures. High degree of competency of standard and bespoke systems, including spreadsheets and databases to report and analyse data. Deliver collective high performance through leadership, the setting of clear priorities and a strong approach to performance management. Be able to work to tight timescales and to agreed targets. Accurate with attention to detail. You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. Interested in Flexible Working? We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc. Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Andrew Harper, Team Manager0116 3058384andrew.harperleics.gov.uk Closing Date: 9th February 2025 Interview Date(s): TBC