Local ECO Manager

Salary: £36,000-42,000 per annum with a total possible package of £53,000 (Bonus and travel package)

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (some evenings and weekends required)

Location: Westminster, London with hybrid and flexible working

Please submit a 1 page cover letter and a 2 page CV if you are interested in this role.

The team do occasionally work from home, but as this role is engagement focused it is best suited to someone who is keen to work within Westminster and at our office in Victoria. 

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take care of its resources, and make it a better place for everyone to thrive. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life. 

This is an excellent Local Communications Manager opportunity for someone who can demonstrate great project and people management skills, alongside a passion for sustainability and community engagement, and a real desire to improve recycling.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture. So whether you are an experienced manager looking for a new opportunity, or you’re interested in taking your first step into people management, we want to hear from you.

What we can offer you:

• Salary range between £36,000 - £42,000 which includes London weighting and is dependent on experience.

• Travel package £4,800 p.a. to support all travel within Greater London area

• Eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 17.5% salary.

• 25 days of annual leave.

• Access to our company pension scheme.

• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to.

• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community.

• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers.

• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential.

What you'll be doing:

As a Local ECO (Education Communications and Outreach) Manager role, you will develop and deliver community engagement and service improvement projects across Westminster, changing resident behaviours to reduce waste and increase recycling, ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard and meet agreed timelines. The Local Communications Manager will be supported by an Area ECO Manager and will line manage three ECO Officers, sharing best practice and expertise with colleagues across a fantastic, award winning national ECO team. 

• Work with the Social Value Officer to provide ECO support for initiatives across local employment, internships and work experience support, and our funding programme for local communities.

• Work closely with the Veolia Westminster senior team to develop and deliver internal communications campaigns.

• Identify good news stories and feed them to the regional external engagement team, as well as working closely with this team to showcase our expertise in behaviour change and social value delivery across digital channels and press. 

• Understand industry developments and build strong relationships with your client and colleagues at all levels across the contract. 

• Provide daily contact to our client (Westminster City Council) and have responsibility for the business as usual outputs of the team, including management of the ECO team budget.

• Drive the performance of the ECO officers, coaching and mentoring them to improve their project planning, community engagement approach, and support them in achieving their personal goals.

If you love leading a team, developing behaviour change projects, and engaging with residents, businesses and frontline teams, then this Local Communications Manager is the role for you.

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• Project development and management.

• People and budget management - can be project-based rather than as a direct line manager.

• Experience delivering behaviour change and/or community engagement techniques and analysing results.

• Superb written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.

• Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships.

• A passion for sustainability and the environment.

Desirable:

• Recycling & Waste Industry knowledge.

• Understanding or experience of working with local authorities.

• Experience of visual and textual content production across multiple formats.

• Advanced understanding of data management and analysis.

• Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications.
   

If you don't meet all of our outlined requirements we’d still love for you to apply. If you feel that you'd be a great fit for this role and Veolia then we’d like to find out more about you.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.