Role: Landfill Regulations & Management Lead x 2 REF 102313
Contract Length: 12 months
Location: Hybrid/Bristol, London, Newcastle or York - 3 days per week on site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS
Spinwell is recruiting for a Landfill Regulations & Management Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LANDFILL REGULATIONS & MANAGEMENT LEAD
- Provide expert advice on landfill operation and the impact of regulation on the landfill sector, including planning and performance at local or regional levels, ensuring policy proposals reflect operational realities.
- Shape policy on landfill regulation, closure, and aftercare, advising on best practices to embed environmental protection and resource recovery within policy frameworks.
- Contribute technical expertise on methane capture technologies and operations, helping define policy positions on net zero pathways and strategized.
- Develop robust policy proposals, including defining issues, generating options, sourcing evidence, engaging stakeholders, and preparing papers and presentations for senior decision-makers.
- Think strategically and programmatically, situating individual work within the wider residual waste roadmap and contributing to long-term planning and infrastructure strategy.
- Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, supporting a one-team ethos and integrating perspectives from policy, technical, and delivery colleagues.
- Bring innovation and constructive challenge, introducing new ideas and approaches to improve policy and delivery outcomes.
- Upskill Civil Servants, sharing specialist knowledge through mentoring, workshops, and technical guidance to build internal capability.
- Engage with stakeholders across local government, industry, and regulators, building consensus and supporting practical implementation of policy changes.
- Provide clear, evidence-based advice and briefings to senior officials and ministers, translating technical detail into actionable recommendations.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE LANDFILL REGULATIONS & MANAGEMENT LEAD
- residual waste infrastructure planning and performance at a local or regional level
- landfill regulation, closure and aftercare management, able to advise on how best to ensure environmental protection and resource recovery are embedded in policy
- knowledge of methane capture technologies and operations.
- developing policy proposals: define the issue to be addressed, devise options, source an evidence base, engage stakeholders, and recommend a preferred option, all involving preparation of papers and presentations;
- thinking strategically and programmatically: situate their individual work within the context of a wider programme, and contribute to defining the long-term goal of the wider programme;
- working collaboratively: we are an interdisciplinary directorate and have a one team ethos
- innovate: we are open to, and want our secondees to bring, new ideas and constructive challenge to our work
If you are a Landfill Regulations & Management Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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