We are thrilled to be hiring a new Partnership Outreach Officer to join our fantastic Waste and Circular Economy (WaCE) team. It's an exciting role delivering a variety of outreach activities and support with project tasks, to help achieve the aims of minimising waste and increasing recycling performance. We are proud of our strong focus on development and excellent track record of promoting internally.
The hybrid nature of this role will involve working out and about across Surrey, as well as desk-based work. This is estimated at a 50/50 split.
Our Offer to You
26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service (prorated for part time staff)
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.About The Role
This role will plan and deliver outreach functions, as part of projects or standalone engagement activities. This will involve understanding successful approaches to face-to-face resident engagement, as well as being responsible for preparing for, and delivering events and interactions. The role will build relationships with partner authorities, including waste officers, collection crews, and depots to increase engagement and participation within a variety of initiatives. As well as working with other stakeholders e.g. managing agents. There will also be responsibility for monitoring and evaluating the success of projects and intervention works.
In some instances, the role will be required to:
Conduct site visits and gather data to feed into a variety of projects, including reviews of Community Recycling Centres.
Support with the development of projects, through project scoping and creating documentation.
Trial innovative approaches to establishing best practice, problem solving issues and identifying opportunities for further improvements.
Work as part of a team as well as independently, including supporting with other project work where required, and aspects of shared health and safety.
Represent the WaCE team at organisation wide groups sharing and developing knowledge and skills.Your Application
In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with
to get an insight into working at Surrey.
Contact Us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
For an informal discussion please contact Cat O'Donnell via email at .
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 13/04/2026 with interviews planned to follow w/c 20/04/2026.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)
Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation, moving from a two-tier system to two new unitary councils in April 2027. If you are employed by Surrey on 1st April 2027, your role will transfer with current terms and conditions to one of the new organisations, supporting local devolution and greater powers for our communities.
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Our Commitment
We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum criteria, we guarantee you an interview.
Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs
Salary description
£33552.00 - £35763.00 per year