AddressAbout Wyre Forest District Council
Whatever your role within Wyre Forest District Council, every day you will be working to benefit people living in the area. The District is a mix of urban rural, market and riverside town communities covering 195 square kilometres. The three main towns of Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn and several surrounding villages including Arley, Rock, Chaddesley Corbett and Wolverley make up the district. Over 100,000 people live here and you can help shape our district’s future as part of our 390 strong workforce that strives to make a difference in making sure the services we offer meet the aspirations and needs of our local community.
Working for us:
At Wyre Forest District Council, people depend on us – every day we provide essential services across the district which make a real difference to residences’ lives. That’s why we need people we can depend on too, who can perform well within a challenging social and economic environment. We value our employees and aim to create a positive, progressive and open work culture that supports everyone to thrive. We focus on supporting your physical, financial and emotional wellbeing so working for us you can expect to enjoy a range of learning and development opportunities designed to enhance you in your role and our excellent benefits package includes:-
- a competitive salary
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- favourable holiday entitlements with an option to purchase additional annual leave
- flexible working options, hybrid working is part of our culture
- Regular job-specific training
- Discounted gym and swim membership
- Health and wellbeing support with an optional health cash plan
- Employee Assistance Scheme including access to counselling services
- Employee discounts with a range of companies
- Kaarp discount scheme which provides employee discounts on days out and holidays
If you have ambition for yourself and this district, thrive on challenges and getting results, share our values and strive to make others feel valued, then we want to hear from you.
About the Role:
At Wyre Forest DC we provide some of the most important front-line services to our residents through our Operational Services Teams based in Kidderminster. Domestic waste, Recycling, commercial and garden waste collections are part of the core functions at the very heart of our community.
We now have a unique career opportunity for an individual with the right credentials to lead these core waste service areas and ensure that the very high standards of service and excellence that our residents rightly demand and deserve are delivered.
As a service function that impacts every household and resident within the district, this is naturally a challenging and demanding role. It is also a very rewarding role that allows the right individual an opportunity to bring their skills and expertise to visibly develop and enhance this critical part of the operation that impacts all the residents in our area.
The right individual will have strong waste operational management skills and experience leading a large multi-functional team delivering the very highest standards of public service delivery. They will have a robust & resilient nature together with a can-do attitude that is able to drive the whole team to succeed. A confident and motivated individual who can lead from the front. In return the right person will be joining a highly energised and focussed team, who are very clear on their priorities and plans. This is a senior post within the team and attracts all the normal benefits of joining the local government family.
Special conditions of the Role:
Normal working hours are 37 hours per week, any 4 & 5 day working patterns apply from any 7 days.
A flexible approach to working hours is required, the post holder must be able to work outside normal office hours from time to time as the demands of the post and emergencies dictate. In addition to the out of hours rota. you may also be required to respond to out of hours call outs. Special working arrangements for Bank Holidays and Christmas working applies.
You may be required to provide a suitable vehicle in connection with the duties of this post.
Wyre Forest District Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer
