Issue details

Following the successful completion of the Waste Transformation Project, remodelling of the existing Waste & Recycling staff structure is required to provide suitable and robust management support, and an organisational structure to maximise capacity and flexibility to ensure and uphold an efficient and exemplary service to existing and future residents. 

This restructure relates to office based and supervisory staff within the Waste and Recycling service and will;

·         redesign and develop flexible, strategic and performance focused teams that compliment and optimise service delivery, 

·         enable an improved commercial approach to maximise business opportunities.

The key proposals and headline outcomes that relate to or impact on staff are as follows;

• There will be new and enhanced role profiles and changes to the team framework to better reflect the needs of the new service.
• There will be 15 deleted posts, 17 newly created posts and 9 re-graded and redefined roles to enable expansion and diversity suitable to maximise efficiency. and business benefits
• This restructure directly affects 18 members of staff
• There will be some changes to existing reporting line arrangements.
• All activities will be carried out in accordance with the Council’s Managing Organisational Change Policy.
• Subject to consultation, the new structure will commence from 1 October 2014.