This is a full-time, permanent post.
Responsible to the Community Awareness Manager for assisting with the development and delivery of community-based projects and educational initiatives to address improvement in behaviour regarding waste reduction, littering and associated issues. Duties also include proactively seeking opportunities for resourcing and funding such schemes from available commercial partners and other N.I., UK, and EU funding sources, to assist with applications for funding and maintaining associated records as required.
Assist in the establishment and maintenance of an innovative and proactive programme of projects, initiatives, campaigns and events aimed at changing the attitudes and behaviour of the public to a range of waste management, litter and associated issues. To work closely with and complement the work of the other operational areas within the City and Neighbourhood Services (CNS).
Contribute to the formulation of section policies through participation in the section’s management teams’ relevant project teams, consultative and other groups as necessary.
Represent the Community Awareness Manager within the post-holder’s sphere of responsibility.
As Protestants are currently known to be under-represented in this job group, in Belfast City Council, applications from this group would be particularly welcome.
And as young people (people under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are currently under-represented in Belfast City Council, applications from these groups would be particularly welcome.
As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity we offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. Further information can be found in the application pack.
Belfast City Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.