Partnership Director - NEWS

Partnership Director – NEWS (Closing date 13th November)

Salary up to 100,000 + 2k Car allowance.

See full benefits package below.

Norse Environmental Waste Services (NEWS), part of Norse Group, has a successful partnership with local authorities that specialise in delivering waste and recycling services across the Norfolk Region.

Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. NEWS supports councils in delivering high-quality waste and recycling services that benefit both people and the environment, helping to keep Norfolk cleaner, greener, and more sustainable for future generations.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a senior industry leader to provide strategic and operational leadership to the joint venture unit as our Norse Environmental Waste Services (NEWS), Partnership Director.

This is a key position within the business, and you will play a fundamental role in driving the future and maintaining the high standards we have provided our clients over the years.

The Role

Ensuring the delivery of key environmental services and the continuous growth and development of the company’s commercial business. The Partnership Director will lead and direct the commercial strategy, contractual performance, and operational delivery of Norse Environmental Waste Services. Ensuring proper accountability for and reporting of all activity, maintaining and developing commercial relationship with the clients and exploring opportunities for partnership development in line with Group services and strategy.

Alongside this, you will:

• Lead health and safety, maintaining a positive health and safety culture and ensuring appropriate arrangements are in place to protect staff and all other people who may be affected by the company’s work.
• Build credible relationships with the Shareholders to ensure a mutual understanding of priorities and objectives and that the right balance is maintained between those of the Council and the Norse Group.
• Lead service delivery and service review, to ensure appropriate methods are used in conjunction with maximum operational efficiency.
• Embed a robust performance culture, ensuring that customers are valued and that the reputation of NEWS is protected and enhanced through the delivery of all services.
• Develop NEWS / Norse’s commercial work for third parties on a profitable basis.
• Manage trading accounts, ensuring proper and timely information is available for Norse board and for the Group Operations Director – Partnerships.
• Prepare and present Strategic Liaison Board Operational Paper.
• Enable NEWS to meet contractual obligations and statutory requirements.

Our Successful Candidate

We are looking for you to demonstrate a combination of industry knowledge, proven Senior leadership experience, and commercial experience for the role. This including:

• Degree educated (industry / sector specific or similar) and/or equivalent professional management qualifications with extensive industry knowledge and experience.
• WAMITAB Level 4 Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) for Managing Transfer Stations (Hazardous).
• WAMITAB Level 4 Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) for Managing Treatment Facilities (Non-Hazardous)
• Knowledge of the powers and duties of local government of services provided by joint venture companies.
• Extensive knowledge working within the waste and environmental sector at senior management level.
• Extensive operational and strategic management experience at a senior level, including commercial and financial responsibility and strategic business planning.
• Extensive experience of performance evaluation techniques and key metrics with an outstanding knowledge of data analysis, reporting, and budgeting.
• Senior management experience working within the Environmental Services and Waste sector.

Our Offer

Competitive salary up to 100,000 (DOE) + 2k Car allowance, 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, progressing to 37 days including bank holidays after 5 years’ service, 10% + 10% Royal London Pension and enhanced sickness pay scheme.

Please click the link below to view the full recruitment pack and interview stages or email the recruitment team -

Recruitment pack

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment, and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.

Discipline(s):

NEWS

Job type:

Full Time