View Vacancy -- Awareness and Enforcement Warden

The Council is seeking new Awareness and Enforcement Wardens, effective across Rhondda Cynon Taf, to carry out an education and awareness programme for the implementation of our revised waste management strategy. 

The Council has made the difficult decision to move to 3-weekly residual waste collections based on a number of factors, not least of which is the requirement to achieve the Welsh Government recycling target of 70% by 2024/25, (as well as supporting Wales’s efforts to become net-zero by 2030).

Primarily focusing on participation and assisting with the Council’s public awareness-raising programme to promote recycling, re-use and waste minimisation, the Awareness and Enforcement Wardens will be key in helping the Council maximise its recycling rates through education, knowledge sharing and, ultimately, enforcement.

You will be working with individual households, carrying out door-to-door visits, attending roadshows and events and liaising with a range of community groups, both before and after the service changes are introduced.

You will have excellent communication skills for a variety of audiences and be enthusiastic about working with the local community. You will be able to work independently, as well as part of a team and be able to manage your own workload.

The new Wardens will join existing Officers within the Environmental Enforcement team, which enforces legislation relating to litter, illegal dumping, dog fouling, refuse and other illegal activities as defined by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 

Other duties may include dealing with waste issues such as contamination of recycling bags, excess black bags, bins on the Highway, etc. This will also involve, on occasion, the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices to members of the public in a face-to-face situation. (You may also be required to attend Court to give evidence relating to these cases as and when required).

Successful candidates will be required to work a shift rota, with some unsociable working hours, and must wear the uniform provided at all times when on duty.

For further information please contact Tim Jones, Environmental Enforcement and Awareness Manager, on (01443) 827710.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during March and April 2023.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.