Waste Outreach Educator Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 49470)

Description

The City of Edmonton has set a bold and progressive vision for building a great city that will meet the needs of our diverse and growing population. Fulfilling this vision requires a significant change in the way Edmontonians sort and dispose of their waste.

Are you passionate about waste reduction and want to bring others along on Edmonton's journey towards a zero waste future?

Help bring the City's 25-year waste strategy to life by educating Edmontonians about the three-stream waste sorting program for residents with the curbside collection program. Reporting to the Strategy Outreach Coordinator, you will be part of a small team of Waste Outreach Educators having educational conversations on residents' doorsteps. This role works almost exclusively in the afternoons, evenings, and occasionally on weekends.

What will you be doing?

• Represent the City in a positive, diplomatic and professional way
• Engage residents at their door and provide them with program information and education. materials related to proper waste sorting
• Engage residents in conversations about food scraps and recycling sorting
• Empower residents to be successful participants, share program information and answer questions
• Use data mapping software to record statistical information
• Perform physical tasks on foot, such as walking stairs and transporting program supplies
• Closely follow safety procedures and practice self-care skills while working independently in the field
• Provide advice/recommendations, identify possible improvements regarding educational direction and daily procedures of the Waste Outreach Team
• Perform other related duties as required

Work Environment: Staff will regularly be walking and standing for extended periods of time (outdoors) in various weather and environmental conditions, bending and lifting up to 25 lbs (such as boxes of promotional material), walk up and down numerous flights of stairs, and sometimes work near an active roadway (including alleys and back streets)