Senior Team Leader Waste Management

Lead, Innovate, and Drive Waste Services Excellence.

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for sustainability, innovation, and operational excellence? Banyule City Council is seeking a Senior Team Leader – Waste Management to lead a dedicated waste services team during an exciting period of growth and transformation in waste management practices.

Why you'll love this role:

• Be a leader in waste transformation, helping shape Banyule’s future waste and resource recovery services.
• Drive innovation and efficiency, implementing new service models and best practices.
• Work in a supportive and collaborative environment, leading a team committed to service excellence.

What you’ll do

As the Senior Team Leader – Waste Management, you will:

• Lead and supervise operational waste services staff, ensuring high performance and team engagement.
• Drive efficiency and service excellence, overseeing the timely and safe delivery of kerbside waste collection, dumped rubbish removal, street presentation, waste recovery, bin maintenance, and booked collections.
• Improve and innovate waste services, testing, reviewing, and refining service delivery methods to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
• Manage resources effectively, ensuring optimal use of staff, contractors, equipment, and technology.
• Prepare contracts, tenders, and procurement documents, ensuring best-value waste management solutions.
• Monitor data and reporting, providing insights to drive strategic decision-making.
• Champion contamination management practices, promoting sustainable waste solutions and community education.
• Ensure full compliance with OH&S, environmental regulations, licensing, and reporting requirements.
• Contribute to emergency management preparedness and response as part of the Council’s waste services strategy.
• Provide technical advice on waste infrastructure and review waste management plans for development applications.

What you'll bring/what we are looking for

• Possession of an AQF recognised a degree or diploma or higher in a field relevant to the position including Business, Environment or a related relevant field.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead an operational workforce engaged in the on-ground delivery of waste services.
• Exceptional personal communication skills, and ability to provide leadership and supervisor for staff and contractors.
• Strong computer skills and capable of understanding GIS, and industry specific software (such as specialised waste management software).
• Demonstrated experience in contract management.

Pre-employment requirements

• Current Victorian Drivers Licence
• Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) (Previously known as a police checks)
• Pre-employment medical assessment

What we offer:

• A meaningful career opportunity - deliver high quality waste services to the community
• A permanent, full-time, position
• Salary $105,724.83 - $117,953.20 per annum plus super
• Monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO)
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave -primary carer/2 weeks of paid parental leave – partner
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including health and well-being initiatives
• Flexible work and leave arrangement, hybrid work arrangements #Li Hybrid

Ready to make an impact?

Be part of the sustainability revolution. Apply now and drive the future of waste and resource recovery in Banyule.

How to apply

Please submit your resume and a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria from the position description.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Kathy Hynes on (03) 9490 4401.

Applications close: 17 February 2025 at 11:45 PM.

Why choose Banyule?

At Banyule City Council, we value innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. Banyule City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we value diversity and inclusion, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support, or access requirement, we encourage you to inform us through your application or email employment@banyule.vic.gov.au

Our Values: Our employees align their careers with Banyule because they share our values of respect, integrity, responsibility, initiative, and inclusion. They thrive in our strong learning and development culture, and the positive way we work in partnership with the community. You will share our values and have a passion for helping a community of over 130,000 residents to live happier, healthier and more connected lives, all while growing your skills and advancing your career. We look forward to you starting the next chapter of your career at Banyule Council.

Diversity Statement: Our community is made up of diverse, cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages, and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation, and rights for everyone: principles that empower, foster harmony, and increase the well-being of an inclusive community.

To discover more about Banyule's commitment to advancing gender equality in the workplace, please find Banyule's Workplace Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-2025.

Acknowledgment of the Traditional Custodians: Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as Traditional Custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region’s history.

Banyule City Council endorses the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full and accepts the invitation to walk with First Nations peoples, to a better future for us all.

Child Safe Standards Statement of Commitment: Banyule City Council is a child-safe organisation committed to the safety and well-being of children.

Council has a zero tolerance for child abuse. All allegations and safety concerns will be treated seriously and acted upon. As a child-safe organisation we are committed to providing a child-safe environment where children feel safe, are empowered, valued and protected. Council will actively listen to children, ensuring their voices are heard and considered in decisions that affect their lives.