Environmental Health Officer à Grande-Bretagne

The Waste & Environmental Manager's role will be responsible for waste and environmental management and improving the sustainability of these functions within the Trust working closely with all areas of the business, in particular PFI colleagues, Estates & Facilities, Sustainability and Health, Safety & Security. The role will assist Soft FM colleagues with waste and environmental compliance including, auditing monitoring and reporting.

The role will provide a central point of contact for waste across the Trust and will provide support to all staff on waste management. Education and awareness will also form part of this role and it will be a key responsibility to ensure staff are adequately trained on waste and environmental management.

Improving sustainability and cost-efficiency of waste services and embedding circular economy principles will be an important aspect of this role. This includes implementing waste reduction, reuse, recycling and correct segregation.

The post holder must have a passion for sustainability and have the relevant skills, qualification and experience for the role. and embedding circular economy principles within the Trust at the following locations:

- Peterborough City Hospital

- Hinchingbrooke Hospital

- Stamford & Rutland Hospital

The post holder will be a Senior Estates Professional responsible for all aspects of Waste Management and Procurement within the Trust. Including the identification, planning and reporting on the effectiveness of waste collections for all waste streams being generated by NWAFT sites.

Act as Trust subject matter expert on waste and environmental management working with all areas of the Trust.

Ensure compliance with waste and environmental legislation, policies and best practice including correct auditing & record keeping (in-line with HTM07). Ensure the Trust is made aware of any changes to legislation and assured plans for compliance are in place. Stay abreast of waste and environmental legislation, compliance and best practice.

Lead the contract management of waste management services for both PFI and retained estate which includes monitoring performance against KPIs and other contract requirements. Ensure PFI contractors are maintaining accurate record keeping and are working in partnership with the Trust.

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.

• Degree or equivalent experience in Environmental/Waste Management
• Professional qualification in an Environmental/Waste Management discipline
• Highly developed specialist knowledge and relevant practical experience
• Master's Degree or equivalent in Environmental/Waste Management
• Member status in a recognised professional body i.e. CIWM

• Ability to inspire and enthuse others
• Motivated to deliver the highest possible standards & quality outcomes
• Dedicated and committed
• Uphold the Trust values at all times
• Friendly, supportive and approachable building positive working relationships

• Experience in the day-to-day management of waste
• Experience delivering projects and initiatives
• Experience in auditing
• Ability to understand, manipulate and present data and information and provide judgements in own area of expertise
• Ability to manage conflicts and develop solutions
• Able to work collaboratively with partners to drive improvements
• Ability to develop, collate, interpret information and implement agreed policies and procedures
• Ability to work on own initiative and within a team/cross teams
• Ability to work in high pressure environment - including ability to time manage and prioritise
• Organised approach to work
• Attention to detail and achieve high level of accuracy
• Able to work with groups and multi -disciplinary teams
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills - ability to present/deliver training and communicate effectively with staff at all levels in the organisation
• Experience/knowledge working in a health care environment

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.