Welcome

Thank you for visiting our jobs page. I am delighted that you are considering working for Barking and Dagenham and exploring the great opportunities that Public Realm has to offer.

Barking and Dagenham is a New Kind of Council. Over the past four years we have gone through an ambitious transformation programme to ensure we can deliver real change with our community. This has seen us transform the council and the way we deliver our Public Realm services to our residents.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for several frontline Waste and Recycling roles within the Public Realm division that provide invaluable cleansing of the Borough to help make Barking and Dagenham a great place to live, work and visit. In particular, we are looking to recruit Drivers and Refuse Loaders.

As a division and as an organisation we pride ourselves on being a collaborative and inclusive employer that believes in developing staff to help them achieve their best. As a result, we can offer fantastic training opportunities, good working hours and experiences across an ever-developing service area.

We are looking for committed individuals that are keen to provide fundamental delivery of frontline services within Barking and Dagenham. If this is you and you are interested in making a difference, then we would like to hear from you.

I wish you the best of luck with your application and I look forward to working with you in the future.

Kind regards,

Rebecca Johnson, Director of Public Realm

Permanent job opportunities – Waste and Recycling

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has gone through a range of Transformational Change Programmes to better manage demand and ensure a more effective and efficient service delivery over the last few years. As we continue to redesign and reshape our service in Public Realm, a number of exciting and challenging opportunities have arisen for enthusiastic, focused and committed individuals in our operations to help improve the future of our service.

We are developing high performing teams to deliver relentlessly reliable services and want to attract people with the right behaviours to help drive the improvements and deliver the culture change. We recognise that this particular service will require high calibre people who share the aspiration to be the best and offer the highest possible service and value for money to the people that rely upon us.

Current vaccancies

LGV Drivers 

Salary: £25,137 to £26,520

Location: Various

Hours: 35 per week, full-time, permanent

Planned number of positions: 2

To be part of a team proving waste collection services to the residents of the Borough. You will be responsible for the vehicle, passengers and load of the refuse collection vehicle complying with the relevant transport, waste, and Health & safety legislation at all times.

For more information about the role, please see the below job description.

LGV Driver job description (PDF, 220.76KB)

Loaders 

Salary: £21,408 to 21,795

Location: Various

Hours per week: 35, full time, permanent

Planned number of positions: 19

To be part of a team proving waste collection services to the residents of the Borough. To comply with the relevant transport, waste, and Health & safety legislation at all times reporting to the driver/office staff any issues preventing and hindering collections.

For more information about the role, please see attached job description.

Loaders job descrition (PDF, 211.25KB)

About the ideal candidiate

All candidates will need to show a track record of delivering high quality services and demonstrate a commitment to teamwork and high levels of customer service. You will be expected to work with a degree of flexibility to ensure that the service is maintained during operational difficulties or special events.

If you are committed and passionate about delivering great customer service and have the skills, qualifications, and a good understanding of refuse & recycling collections, we would welcome an application from you. Embracing technological advancements within the industry is essential along with a positive drive towards promoting a positive health & safety culture.

Contractual conditions of all roles

To ensure high levels of service, you may be required to work public holidays excluding Christmas Day and you will be on standby to deal with emergencies. This will not prevent individual staff members from not working on any public holiday, provided adequate cover is available to meet the needs of the service on that day. Staff will be paid the appropriate Council’s enhancements for working bank holidays.

Drivers - A valid Cat C driving license and drivers CPC are essential requirements for this role.  Both roles are classed as Safety Critical and are subject to Drug and Alcohol testing.

We welcome applications from residents within the borough of Barking and Dagenham and encourage women to apply as they are underrepresented within this area of our workforce. 

Application process

To apply, please complete the appropriate below online application form or hand a hard copy of the application form to Karen Kett or Martin Denyer by Tuesday 28 March 2023.

LGV Driver online application form

LGV Driver application form (DOCX, 50.21KB)

Loader online application form

Loader application form (DOCX, 50.21KB)

Shortlisted candidates will be notified of the outcome of their application from 11 April 2023

Interviews will be held the week commencing 17 April 2023 and the week commencing 24 April 2023.

About us

Our borough is vibrant and diverse and this is something we are proud of. We value the diversity of people who live, work and visit Barking and Dagenham and it is our vision is to create a place where people understand, respect and celebrate each other’s differences.  Find out more about the benefits of working for us (PDF, 107.53KB)

We welcome applications from residents within the borough of Barking and Dagenham and encourage women to apply as they are underrepresented within this area of our workforce.