Recycling Program Manager
Public Works Department,
City of Cambridge
Position Number M483-001
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Recycling Director, the Recycling Program Manager will develop, improve, and help sustain recycling programs in the schools and large apartment buildings as well as provide support to various Recycling Division programs and functions. Specifically, the Recycling Program Manager will:
Large Apartment Building Recycling
- Meet with property managers, tenant and condominium associations
- Monitor performance and report progress to property managers and/or superintendents
- Coordinate and carry out educational outreach in person, over the phone, and by email
- Manage toter delivery, pickup, inventory, and procurement
- Coordinate purchase and design recycling labels, educational materials, etc.
School Recycling
- Oversee and ensure sustained recycling programs at the Cambridge Public Schools
- Manage self-reporting data and distribute school recycling statistics on a regular basis
- Promote and coordinate Cambridge Recycling Education Assistance to Teachers and Educators (CREATE) program and services (presentations, curricula, trips, activities, etc.)
- Meet with custodians, kitchen supervisors, faculty, and students to review procedures and troubleshoot improvement (access, equipment, setup, signage and participation)
- Meet with DPW and School Dept staff to review program success and introduce new initiatives (ex. compost collection)
- Schedule and attend staff meetings once a year in the fall
- Regularly monitor recycling performance, verify accuracy and consistency of self-reported data, and give feedback to custodians, principals, and parent liaisons
- Update school database and principal e-mail distribution list when school year begins
- Develop procedures for and assist with special clean-outs for recycling and reuse
- Coordinate waste sorts as needed
- Provide support to private schools (education, free toters, weekly collection, clean-outs)
Program Support
- Respond to resident, school, city employee, and business inquiries
- Oversee and troubleshoot city building recycling (monitoring set-outs, access, and education)
- Manage fluorescent bulb recycling in city buildings and schools
- Coordinate annual awards (apartment buildings, schools, city buildings, maybe others)
- Perform office tasks (customer service via telephone, person on e-mail; mailings; data entry; etc)
- Monthly inventory of supplies (toters, desk side bins, trash buddies, etc)
- Assist religious institutions with recycling collection and access
- Attend Recycling Advisory Committee meetings as requested to present status reports
- Perform other related duties as required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Requirements
Environmental Science Degree and/or relevant environmental or recycling experience with at least 3 years of professional work experience, including supervisory work. Must be highly motivated, reliable and possess a positive, enthusiastic, professional attitude. A current and valid Massachusetts Driver's License Class D is required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with custodial operations and familiarity with organizational structures such as property management companies and schools preferred. Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential. Diligent follow up, record keeping, multi-tasking abilities required as well as attention to detail.
Physical Demands
On occasion, requires lifting up to 50 pounds, bending, squatting, stretching, pushing, dragging and pulling, using a handcart and/or pallet jack to move heavier loads and using simple hand tools. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment
General office environment with air conditioning and fluorescent lighting. Requires attendance at meetings with frequent on and off site program monitoring and evaluation, driving a pickup truck a couple hours each day and working outside handling recycling bins, toters and recyclables, such as cardboard.
Compensation
Rate: $40,358 - $47,227 per year
Civil Service: Non-Civil Service
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week
Union Affiliation: None
Closing Date
8:00 pm, November 3, 2008
To Apply
Please submit 2 copies of both your résumé and letter of interest to:
Personnel Dept Rm 309
City Hall
795 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139-3201
Fax: 617-349-4312
Electronic mail: employment@cambridgema.gov
THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WOMEN, MINORITIES, VETERANS, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGE TO APPLY.
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