Waste Program Coordinator

5 months ago

Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

Why Guelph:
**What we offer**

We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Many of our positions offer:

- Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Paid personal days;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
- Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Parental leave top up program;
- Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
- Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:
The **Waste Program Coordinator** will work as part of a dynamic and collaborative team within the Compliance, Programs and Performance division to coordinate and deliver the City of Guelph’s public-facing waste reduction, reuse and diversion programs based on the Council-approved recommendations of the Solid Waste Management Master Plan, operational needs and environmental programs framework for Environmental Services.

This position requires excellent program management skills to set goals and objectives for existing programs, research and develop new programs, with a focus on continuous improvement. Work also includes communications planning and executing on meaningful promotion and engagement with the public (residents, youth, businesses) to achieve desired behaviour change.

The** Waste Program Coordinator** will be an experienced coordinator, with the ability to develop, implement, collect data and analyze the results of the initiatives they undertake with support from the Supervisor, Environmental Programs, and provide day-to-day oversight of co-operative learning and seasonal staff, as required.

**Key duties and responsibilities**
- Plan and deliver environmental programs that support the public in making positive choices regarding the use of City services, while reducing their environmental impact.
- Assist in the implementation and optimization of the recommendations in the 2021 Solid Waste Management Master Plan, Solid Waste Program Outreach Strategy or future iterations for Environmental Services. Coordination including, but not limited to, the following waste reduction, reuse and diversion programs and initiatives:

- Residential reuse and diversion opportunities such as têxtile recycling, Goods Exchange Weekend, sustainable move out for university and college students, Paint+, Bike Reuse and the Waste Wizard/ReCollect App.
- Residential sorting interventions, including curbside waste cart inspections, with the support of seasonal staff.
- Residential waste composition audits by external contractors to provide quantitative information about sorting behaviour for waste diversion programs, including those related to the Blue Box Transition and the Single-Use Items reduction strategy and bylaw.
- Public outreach events with internal and external partners such as Circular Economy Month, Earth Week and the Environmental Services’ Open House.
- Partnership agreements with agencies such as the Guelph Tool Library for public programs and diversion opportunities.
- Waste provision services for large community events in City parks.
- Three-stream sorting in City facilities.
- Youth-based education, including in-school presentations, facility tours, and summer camps.
- Set and pursue program goals/targets to achieve waste diversion and reduction, monitor success and evaluate results in alignment with the Solid Waste Management Master Plan.
- Evaluate program effectiveness, communicate results and make recommendations to management and other stakeholders on program, process, policy and procedure improvements.
- Identify gaps and formulate required strategies and approaches for program, process, policy and procedure improvements.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of co-operative learning and seasonal staff, as required.
- Work with Strategic Communications and Community Engagement to develop proactive communications plans, tactics, and related marketing material to promote waste reduction, reuse and diversion programs, policies and resources.
- Coordinate contractors/consultants for waste projects by preparing project charters, terms of reference and technical specifications, review proposals/quotations to make recommendations for contract selection; monitor and evaluate contractor performance.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications and requirements**
- Experience presenting to and engaging technical and non-technical audiences of various ages in large and small groups.
- Experience successfully collaborating with all levels of staff and community partners, and with special event planning and execution.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to communicate clearly and concisely, making formal and informal presentations t

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