Operations Officer

Operations Officer Salary: £35,570- £39,481 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

• Salary: £35,570- £39,481 per annum

Grade: I

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Weekend Working: Occasional

Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire

Are you an experienced operational leader looking for an opportunity to make a visible difference to local communities?

We are seeking a proactive and motivated Operations Officer to help lead our Waste and Street Scene services, ensuring the safe, efficient and effective delivery of frontline environmental services across North Yorkshire.

About the Role

As an Operations Officer, you will play a key role in the day-to-day management of frontline teams delivering essential waste collection and street cleansing services. You will be responsible for coordinating resources, managing operational challenges in real time, and ensuring services continue to meet the needs of residents and businesses.

Working closely with operational management, you will provide leadership to teams, support service improvements, and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, transport regulations and council policies.  

This is a varied and hands-on role that requires strong organisational skills, effective people management and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced operational environment.  

Typical working days are Tuesday-Friday, and hours currently vary between 5:30am and 5:30 pm shifts, you need to be prepared to start early. Some weekend and bank holiday working may be required.

Roles and Responsibilities:            

•        To ensure the work allocated to the Waste and Street Scene Teams is completed to a high standard      
•        To co-ordinate mandatory training around service priorities, devising and implementing training schedules with colleagues     
•        Identify opportunities for service improvement, efficiencies and innovation    
•        To be responsible for the monitoring of the performance of services and making recommendations to management, regarding the increased efficiency of those services     
•        Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements and safe systems of work     
•        Provide leadership and direction to teams and agency staff at all times on legal requirements
•        To motivate individuals and teams ensuring best practice is deployed across the waste management service area through regular dialogue and formal appraisals as individuals and teams     
•        Monitor team performance, address conduct, attendance and performance matters, and support staff development.  

What We're Looking For  

Experience working within waste management, street cleansing, parks, environmental services or a similar operational environment. Experience supervising or managing staff. Knowledge of health and safety legislation and operational compliance requirements. Experience operating and/or managing Operator Licence vehicles. Strong organisational and resource-planning skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to make decisions and prioritise effectively under pressure       

Knowledge of transport legislation, driver hours regulations and licence categories Full UK driving licence.  

What's in it for you  

You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought.

•       Competitive rate of pay.
•       Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
•       Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays
•       Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme.

Contact

For an informal discussion please contact Mike Lennon on 07508 518605 or email mike.lennon@northyorks.gov.uk

Key Dates:

Closing date: 18th September 2026

Interview date: WC 22nd September 2026   

Venue for Interview: Engine Shed Lane Waste Depot, Skipton

Key Documents:

Job Description

Total Rewards Brochure

Using AI? Please follow our guidance to ensure your application reflects your own knowledge and experience: www.northyorks.gov.uk/advice-your-job-application

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds

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Operations Officer

Salary: £35,570- £39,481 per annum

Grade: I

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Weekend Working: Occasional

Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire

Are you an experienced operational leader looking for an opportunity to make a visible difference to local communities?

We are seeking a proactive and motivated Operations Officer to help lead our Waste and Street Scene services, ensuring the safe, efficient and effective delivery of frontline environmental services across North Yorkshire.

About the Role

As an Operations Officer, you will play a key role in the day-to-day management of frontline teams delivering essential waste collection and street cleansing services. You will be responsible for coordinating resources, managing operational challenges in real time, and ensuring services continue to meet the needs of residents and businesses.

Working closely with operational management, you will provide leadership to teams, support service improvements, and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, transport regulations and council policies.

This is a varied and hands-on role that requires strong organisational skills, effective people management and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced operational environment.

Typical working days are Tuesday-Friday, and hours currently vary between 5:30am and 5:30 pm shifts, you need to be prepared to start early. Some weekend and bank holiday working may be required.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• To ensure the work allocated to the Waste and Street Scene Teams is completed to a high standard
• To co-ordinate mandatory training around service priorities, devising and implementing training schedules with colleagues
• Identify opportunities for service improvement, efficiencies and innovation
• To be responsible for the monitoring of the performance of services and making recommendations to management, regarding the increased efficiency of those services
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements and safe systems of work
• Provide leadership and direction to teams and agency staff at all times on legal requirements
• To motivate individuals and teams ensuring best practice is deployed across the waste management service area through regular dialogue and formal appraisals as individuals and teams
• Monitor team performance, address conduct, attendance and performance matters, and support staff development.

What We're Looking For

Experience working within waste management, street cleansing, parks, environmental services or a similar operational environment. Experience supervising or managing staff. Knowledge of health and safety legislation and operational compliance requirements. Experience operating and/or managing Operator Licence vehicles. Strong organisational and resource-planning skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to make decisions and prioritise effectively under pressure

Knowledge of transport legislation, driver hours regulations and licence categories Full UK driving licence.

What's in it for you

You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought.

• Competitive rate of pay.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays
• Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme.

Contact

For an informal discussion please contact Mike Lennon on 07508 518605 or email mike.lennon@northyorks.gov.uk

Key Dates:

Closing date: 18th September 2026

Interview date: WC 22nd September 2026

Venue for Interview: Engine Shed Lane Waste Depot, Skipton

Key Documents:

Job Description

Total Rewards Brochure

Using AI? Please follow our guidance to ensure your application reflects your own knowledge and experience: www.northyorks.gov.uk/advice-your-job-application

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds

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Operations Officer

Salary: £35,570 - £39,481 per annum

Posted: 15/09/2026

Closing date: 18/09/2026

Closing time: 23:59 (BST)

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