Awareness and Enforcement Officer Career Graded

POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL; Llandrindod Wells; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

This modern apprenticeship offers hands-on experience in Waste Awareness and Enforcement within Powys County Council. You will study towards a recognised qualification, earn while you learn and begin at the salary floor with yearly increases as you gain skills.

You will support our frontline team in the office, handling customer enquiries, admin tasks, preparing case files, assisting with legal notices and community engagement to promote recycling and waste minimisation.

Qualifications

• Interest in environmental issues, especially recycling.
• Good communication skills for community engagement.
• Strong administrative skills to handle correspondence and case files.
• Willingness to learn towards a recognised qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support frontline Awareness and Enforcement team in the office.
• Handle customer enquiries and perform admin tasks.
• Prepare case files and issue legal notices as required.
• Assist with grants, invoices and purchase orders.
• Participate in community engagement activities to promote waste minimisation.

Skills

Communication

Administrative

Customer service

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Waste Awareness and Enforcement team, through the modern apprenticeship route, so you can undertake study towards a recognised qualification, learn on the job and earn while you learn.

The role is career graded so you start on the lowest salary (which still pays the Real Living Wage) but your pay increases each year as you gain experience and qualifications and work up to the full salary of the job.

The role will be supporting our frontline Awareness and Enforcement team in the office, dealing with customer enquiries and administrative tasks for the team.

The team focuses on promoting recycling schemes, maximizing participation, and ensuring legal compliance with environmental legislation.

The position requires an interest in environmental issues, particularly recycling.

The role requires good communication skills as it will involve some community engagement activities to promote waste minimisation.

The role will require good administrative skills to deal with customer contact, correspondence, prepare case files, issue legal letters, grants, invoices and purchase orders.

The position requires forensic attention to deal to send out legal notices and assist with the preparation of case files for court.