About the role

Waste and Environment Data Technician

Permanent, Full Time

Up to £24,309 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

The Role

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda – one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We’re immensely proud of our flexible working options.

The Opportunity

Essex is committed to ensuring it is a place where business can flourish, communities are supported to be more resilient, collective environmental impact is minimised and strong partnerships between the public, private and voluntary sector are secured to drive joint outcomes.

The Waste and Environment Data Technician works as a member of a team, managing complex data collection processes from allocated contractors and partners, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of data, as required for statutory performance reporting purposes and to support financial processes.

With the ability to understand use of the waste database management systems, bespoke data collection and performance reporting. This role will need the ability to build working relationships across the Council and partners.

Accountabilities

• Contribute to the maintenance of all administrative data within the Council’s waste database system.
• Contribute to the provision of data, in the required format, for statutory entry to WasteDataFlow at initial level, enabling first level validation.
• Input to the waste database system, ensuring submissions from third parties is complete, timely and all validation processes are met.
• Contributes to the audit of WCA recycling credits, Tipping Away payments and trade waste declarations. Liaising with WCAs to address discrepancies resulting from the audit process.
• Generates purchase orders and associated financial transactions as appropriate.
• Providing support to Contact Essex in relation to general enquiries from members of the public, including the operation of the Household Hazardous Waste scheme.
• Responsible for recording comments from members of the public and reporting outcomes on RESPOND CentrePoint, and forwarding for investigation as appropriate.
• Collate and report tonnage data to the Corporate Performance Team, Financial Services and other internal stakeholders as necessary.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to Level 2 (GCSE) and a sound knowledge of a business environment and associated processes.
• Ability to understand the requirement and use of the Councils waste database management system, and the bespoke data collection and performance reporting system.
• Ability to develop good working relationships across internal and external partners.
• Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work accurately under time pressure.
• Ability to research, analyse and present a variety of information mediums to a wide range of audiences.

To read more about us please visit: Climate, Environment and Customer Services

Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email Laura.O’Connor@essex.gov.uk

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