Facilities Waste & Sustainability Manager

Golisano Children's Museum of Naples; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Waste & Sustainability Manager to lead compliance and sustainability initiatives. This role involves ensuring adherence to waste management regulations and fostering effective relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong management experience in a facilities environment and a deep understanding of healthcare waste management. Join a dynamic team dedicated to making a positive impact on environmental sustainability while working in a supportive and flexible organization that values its employees. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful change in healthcare waste management.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Qualifications

• Experience in waste management and compliance with regulations.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with waste management and sustainability regulations.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders and external agencies.

Skills

Management experience in Facilities Environment

Waste management systems knowledge

Report production and data presentation

Healthcare Waste Management knowledge

Understanding of NHS priorities and sustainability

Leadership skills

Stakeholder relationship development

Agile working and flexibility

Education

Degree in Facilities Management or related field

Continued professional development

Job description

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas.

Hosting three main hospital sites and a number of additional services, the Trust is one of only five Teaching Hospitals in Yorkshire and trains 25% of all medical students in the region, in addition to 30% of all other healthcare professional students.

A modern and forward-facing Trust employing over 7,000 members of staff, the hospital provides a full range of local hospital services across Doncaster Royal Infirmary in Doncaster, Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Montagu Hospital in Mexborough.

Contact
Key details

Location

Site: Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Address: Armthorpe Road
Town: Doncaster
Postcode: DN2 5LT
Major / Minor Region: South Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 7

Main area
Waste & Sustainability Manager

Job Overview
Key Member of the Facilities Management Team.
Ensure the Trust is fully compliant with waste, recycling, environmental and sustainability regulations.
Provide advice to the Trust on matters relating to waste management and sustainability initiatives.
Develop effective relationships with service users, key stakeholders, external agencies, contractors and staff.
This role is based at Doncaster Royal Infirmary; however, this is a Trust wide position with the expectation to travel across sites.

Interviews have been scheduled for Thursday 13th March. Please be aware of this when applying.

Advert
Responsible Lead for the contract management of waste management services across the Trust.
Responsible Lead in providing advice to the Trust on matters relating to the management of waste and sustainability initiatives.
Deliver efficiencies and service improvements, cost savings, advise best practice and develop the Trust waste and sustainability strategy.
Deputise for the Trust's Sustainability Lead as necessary, including reporting monthly progress.
Co-ordinate organisation-wide data collection to monitor progress against sustainability key performance indicators and enable regular internal and external reporting.
Provide support to the Head of Facilities and Facilities Leads to ensure service strategies are in place, adequate resources, skills expertise to ensure a safe, secure, high quality environment and deliver on key performance indicators.
The post holder will provide support in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and Service Level Agreements.

Working for our organisation
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
NHS Pension Scheme
Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Management experience of working within a Facilities Environment
• Experience of waste management systems including Waste Management Regulations and Statutory Legislation - Department of Health 07-01 Safe Management of Healthcare Waste Requirements.
• Experience in producing reports and presenting data clearly and concisely.
• Knowledge and experience of Healthcare Waste Management.
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of current priorities within the NHS, and the decarbonisation/sustainability agenda
• Knowledge of NHS frameworks and policies, governing bodies and assessment processes.

Desirable criteria

• Project Management.

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Degree Facilities Management, Waste Management, Sustainability or equivalent/management/Estates & Facilities experience.
• Proven track record with continued professional development.

Desirable criteria

• Member status of a relevant professional institute, e.g., IEMA or CIWM
• Contracts management/Project management/Dangerous goods certificate

Personal Attributes and Skills

Essential criteria

• Possess leadership skills.
• Ability to develop effective relationships with a range of stakeholders internally and externally.
• Ability to influence and operate effectively.
• Pro-active and effective approach to ensure operational requirements are met.
• Agile worker, willingness to travel and work flexibly.
• Ability to cope with competing demands, managing priorities within tight deadlines.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Paul Bird
Job title: Head of Facilities
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01302 642754