Director of Waste and Environment

Overview

Interim Director of Environment & Waste

Location: Home Counties (Hybrid)
Contract: Interim (initial 6 months, with potential extension)
Day Rate: £700 per day (Inside IR35)

We are seeking an experienced and forward thinking senior Place based leader to join a UK local authority as their Interim Director of Environment & Waste. This is a high impact role providing strategic leadership across environmental, waste and regulatory services, with a strong focus on sustainability, performance, compliance and service transformation.

About the Interim Director of Environment & Waste role:

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership as part of the council's Senior Leadership Team, ensuring environmental and waste priorities align with wider corporate objectives and the Medium Term Financial Plan.
• Oversee the Environment & Waste portfolio, including Waste Collection & Disposal, Environmental Services, Regulatory and associated Place based functions.
• Lead the development and delivery of climate change, sustainability, emergency planning and waste strategies, supporting the council's green infrastructure ambitions.
• Drive service improvement, innovation and organisational change to enhance performance, compliance and resident outcomes.
• Ensure all services operate within statutory, regulatory and governance frameworks, delivering high quality and value for money outcomes.
• Oversee large scale service budgets, ensuring financial resilience, effective mitigation of pressures and strong commercial oversight.
• Provide clear, accurate and strategic reporting to senior officers, elected Members, committees and external partners.
• Lead multi disciplinary teams, promoting a collaborative, accountable and improvement focused culture.

Your previous experience as an Interim Director of Environment & Waste:

• Proven senior level experience as a Director or Assistant Director within Environment, Waste, Regulatory or Place based local authority services.
• Strong background in environmental services, waste management and statutory compliance.
• Demonstrable experience leading service transformation, improvement programmes and operating model redesign.
• Experience managing significant budgets and delivering sustainable, value for money services.
• Track record of working effectively with Members, senior officers, corporate leadership and external partners.
• Politically aware, collaborative and outcomes driven, with the ability to build confidence at all levels.

If this Interim Director of Environment & Waste role sounds like a good fit for you, please send your CV to George - .

(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation, so please get in touch if you know someone suitable.)