Job Title: Waste Crime Policy & Enforcement Specialist
Location: Bristol, London, Newcastle or York (Hybrid - 3 days per week on site)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Daily Rate: £ 550/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
The Waste and Recycling team leads work on waste management and environmental protection. This includes improving recycling systems and local authority performance, simplifying recycling processes, tackling waste crime and litter, and managing infrastructure for non-recyclable waste. The team also leads on the future of landfill, energy from waste, and the wider future waste roadmap. A directorate-wide communications and commissions function sits within the team.
Job Purpose
This is an opportunity for an industry expert in waste crime enforcement to join an interdisciplinary team. You will bring operational enforcement experience to help shape national policy and compliance frameworks for tackling illegal waste activity.
Key Responsibilities
• Advise on enforcement frameworks: Shape national and local enforcement approaches, identify gaps, and strengthen compliance to deter illegal waste activity.
• Apply operational expertise: Ensure policies and programmes are pragmatic, effective, and workable in real-world enforcement contexts.
• Collaborate and innovate: Work across disciplines to challenge assumptions and introduce new ideas and approaches.
• Engage stakeholders: Work with retailers, producers, trade bodies, local authorities and other partners to identify issues, monitor progress, and escalate where needed.
• Support ministerial updates and policy development.
What We’re Looking For
Essential Expertise (in one or more areas):
• Waste crime enforcement and compliance, including investigation and prosecution processes.
• Designing and delivering enforcement strategies at local or national level.
• Working with multi-agency partnerships to tackle illegal waste activity.
Essential Aptitudes:
• Developing policy proposals: Define issues, generate options, source evidence, engage stakeholders, and prepare papers/presentations.
• Strategic and programmatic thinking: Situate work within wider programmes and long-term goals.
• Collaborative working: Strong one-team ethos in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Innovation: Bring new ideas and constructive challenge.
Location: Bristol, London, Newcastle or York (Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week on site)
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant   
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

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