Local ECO Lead

Salary:  £32,000-39,000 per annum plus annual bonus and car allowance

Location: Hertfordshire with hybrid and flexible working

Please submit a 1 page cover letter and a 2 page CV if you are interested in this role.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take care of its resources, and make it a better place for everyone to thrive. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture. So whether you are an experienced manager looking for a new opportunity, or you’re interested in taking your first step into people management, we want to hear from you.

What we can offer you:

• 25 days of annual leave.

• Access to our company pension scheme.

• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to.

• One day’s paid leave every year to volunteer and support your community.

• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers.

• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential.

As a Local ECO (Education Communications and Outreach) Lead, you will lead the development of social value strategies, as well as delivering community engagement and service improvement projects across North and East Hertfordshire, changing resident behaviours to reduce waste and increase recycling, ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard, demonstrate measurable results and meet agreed timelines. The Local ECO Lead will be supported by an Area ECO Manager, sharing best practice and expertise with colleagues across a fantastic, award winning national ECO team. 

• Build strong relationships with our clients (North Herts Council and East Herts Council), Veolia NE Herts management team, and colleagues, quickly responding to queries and providing solutions to maintain a high standard of service.

• Deliver a programme of strategic social value initiatives across local employment, internships and work experience support, and our funding programme for local communities.

• Identify good news stories and feed them to the regional external engagement team, as well as working closely with this team to showcase our expertise in behaviour change and social value delivery across digital channels and press. 

• Work closely with the Veolia senior team to develop and deliver internal communications campaigns.

• Responsibility for the business as usual outputs of the team, including management of the contract ECO team budget.

• Provide ECO support to wider contracts as needed.

If you love delivering social value, developing behaviour change projects, and engaging with residents, local authorities and frontline teams, then this is the role for you.

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• Experience delivering behaviour change and/or community engagement techniques and analysing results.

• Superb written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.

• Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships.

• A passion for sustainability and the environment.

Desirable:

• Recycling & Waste Industry knowledge.

• Understanding or experience of working with local authorities.

• Experience of visual and textual content production across multiple formats.

• Advanced understanding of data management and analysis.

• Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.