West Northamptonshire Council
Business Support Officer (Waste)
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West Northamptonshire Council’s Waste Team
West Northamptonshire Council’s Waste team look after a diverse range of waste services including collecting resident's waste and recycling from the kerbside, providing household waste recycling centres, and making arrangements for the safe treatment, recycling and disposal of all materials collected. The waste team also manages a number of closed landfill sites and is responsible for street cleansing throughout the area.
We are a friendly and supportive team with a positive ‘can do’ culture.
We Are Recruiting
We are recruiting for a role within the waste management team to provide finance and admin support as part of the Business Support team. Specific tasks include data & invoice processing, reconciliation, scrutiny, audit, verification, responding to complaints and monitoring of payments and income; record keeping and data management for waste management services and projects. The post holder will primarily use the Council's ERP system and spreadsheets.
Interviews
Interviews will be conducted on 13th May
Contact
If you have any questions please email Craig Massey (craig.massey@westnorthants.gov.uk)
Our Benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
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What Will You Be Doing?
Working alongside our colleagues within the waste team, you will support the team by assisting with setting up suppliers, purchase orders and help pay invoices using our finance system (ERP).
You will also be interacting with residents by phone to help solve problems and queries. Keep address data up to date on Bartec, as well as general administrative work around the office.
About You
You will be educated to a minimum of NVQ Level 4 or have the equivalent. You will also have experience of managing business improvements and analysing and solving complex process and systems problems.
A recognised finance or business qualification will be an advantage as well as experience of working in a local authority waste team, ideally working with data.
You will be an excellent communicator both verbally and in writing and have good IT skills including databases and spreadsheets.
About Us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
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Our Vision
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
Diversity, Equality, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
Additional Support
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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