Job Description

Job Title: Litter Prevention & Enforcement Lead
Location: Bristol, London, Newcastle or York (Hybrid - 3 days per week on site)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Daily Rate: £ 550/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

The Waste and Recycling team leads work on waste management and environmental protection. This includes improving recycling systems and performance, supporting local authority delivery, simplifying recycling processes, tackling waste crime and litter, and managing infrastructure for non-recyclable waste. The team also contributes to the future waste roadmap, covering landfill, energy from waste, and broader circular economy objectives.

The team includes a directorate-wide communications and commissions function that supports projects across the wider portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

This is an opportunity for a secondee from a local authority, community organisation, or NGO to bring operational and community insight into national policy development.

What you’ll do:

• Bring local insight: Ensure community and local authority perspectives are embedded in policies for litter prevention, enforcement, and tackling waste crime.
• Shape delivery models: Make sure practical local delivery approaches are reflected in programme design and implementation.
• Apply operational expertise: Help design policies that are pragmatic, realistic, and effective in real-world settings.
• Collaborate and innovate: Work with colleagues across disciplines to challenge assumptions and introduce new ideas and approaches.
• Support the development of effective litter prevention, enforcement, and waste crime strategies that work on the ground.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone with deep knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Local authority waste and recycling operations, including litter enforcement and community engagement.
• Tackling waste crime and fly-tipping prevention strategies.
• Designing and delivering litter prevention campaigns or enforcement programmes.

Essential Aptitudes:

While we are most interested in your specialist knowledge, you should also demonstrate an aptitude for:

• Developing policy proposals: defining issues, devising options, sourcing evidence, engaging stakeholders, and recommending preferred solutions (including preparation of papers and presentations).
• Thinking strategically and programmatically: situating your work within the context of a wider programme and contributing to long-term goals.
• Working collaboratively: thriving in an interdisciplinary team with a one-team ethos.
• Innovating: bringing new ideas and constructive challenge to improve outcomes.

Why this role?

This is a unique opportunity to bring practical, front-line experience and community perspectives into national policy and programme design. You will help ensure that policies for litter prevention, fly-tipping, and waste crime are workable, effective, and deliver real improvements on the ground.

Hybrid Working

The role requires a minimum of 3 office days per week, with flexibility to work remotely for the remaining time.

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181