Principal Waste Contracts Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 43860 - 47829 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 04/02/2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

Looking for new challenge Join us in shaping the future of waste management at Leicestershire County Council!

Were looking for a Principal Waste Contracts Officer to take the lead in managing high-value waste management contracts and ensuring our services run efficiently and effectively

In this pivotal role youll oversee the day-to-day operation of our waste disposal contracts driving improvements in performance compliance and value for money. Working alongside the Team Managers you will also play a key part in the development of our waste contracts. Your expertise will help us deliver reliable sustainable services for the communities we serve.

If youre passionate about delivering high-quality services and want to make a real impact wed love to hear from you

About the Role

Were looking for a proactive and commercially minded individual to join our team and take the lead on managing key waste contracts ensuring the delivery of reliable and cost-effective waste services.

The role requires:

• A flexible can do attitude
• Strong financial and problem-solving skills
• Experience in contract and service management ideally within the waste sector
• Knowledge of procurement processes as well as budget management
• A relevant degree or equivalent experience
• The ability to travel to locations across the county.

Youll play a vital role in driving efficiency and value for money across our services supporting major procurement projects and ensuring compliance with all relevant rules policies and procedures that keep waste services running smoothly.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

• Hold a relevant degree and/or equivalent experience in contract procurement and management. Or have full Chartered status of a relevant professional organisation (eg CIWM)
• Have significant experience inprocurement and management of waste contractsor similar high-value service contracts.
• Understand and have experience in budget management forecasting and reporting for significant budgets.
• Be able to interpret and create technical/non-technical reports and advise stakeholders accordingly.
• Be able to engage effectively with stakeholders including contractors senior colleagues the media and be able to lead meetings.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent knowledge of waste managementwaste operations and relevant legislation.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent communication negotiation skills and a willingness to travel across the county as required.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand 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 individuals 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 Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Sally Talbot - Team Manager Waste Contracts and Haulage

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How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words.

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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