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Join a passionate team making a real impact in waste reduction and sustainability at Council’s Gregadoo Waste Management Centre (GWMC). As a Reuse Shop Officer, you’ll play a hands-on role in customer service, retail sales, and resource recovery.
Your day will include helping customers, processing payments, maintaining a clean and organised shopfront, and ensuring reusable materials are presented for sale - diverting waste from landfill and back into the community.
If you enjoy working with people, care about the environment, and thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on role, this could be the perfect fit!
- Two (2) permanent, part-time positions available.
- Twenty-nine (29) hours per fortnight over a two (2) week rotating roster, as follows:
- Week 1: Thursday and Friday, 7.45am to 3.30pm daily (30-minute unpaid meal break)
- Week 2: Saturday and Sunday, 7.45am to 3.30pm daily (30-minute unpaid meal break)
- Access to five (5) weeks annual leave based on a two (2) week rotating roster (pro-rata based on part time hours of work).
- Remuneration package of $920.68 gross per fortnight with the opportunity to progress to $1,104.82 gross per fortnight + superannuation (12%) based on part-time hours of work.
- Penalty rates applicable for hours worked on weekends.
- Please note: Rates of pay for all Council employees aged between 15-18 years of age are paid in accordance with the Local Government (State) Award 2023, Clause 32. Junior and Trainee Employment. For further information, please see Council’s Junior Rates of Pay Fact Sheet.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Reuse Shop Officer, you will be responsible to:
- Deliver tasks with Council’s Reuse Shop i.e., greeting customers, answering questions, processing payments, and maintaining a professional attitude reflecting Council’s commitment to customers.
- Effectively manage the collection, presentation and sale of re-saleable materials ensuring maximum recyclable diversion.
- Maintain the reuse shop to a high level of housekeeping and follow the pricing mechanisms as developed by management.
- Undertake recycling and direct sales duties including operation of the reuse shop; load inspections; direct public and contractors to correct waste disposal areas and alternate diversion areas; provide waste disposal advice; process payments and charges.
- Effectively manage the presentation and sale of re-saleable materials, ensuring maximum recyclable diversion and compliance with regulations and procedure.
- Promote and plan opportunities to increase diversion and sales revenue in conjunction with Coordinator.
- Communicate with other team members to maximise diversion and sales.
- Utilise and maintain all items of plant, equipment, tools and personal protective equipment and clothing (PPE/C) in accordance with Council standards.
- Complete documentation relevant to the role e.g. standard forms, payroll, cash and EFTPOS reconciliations, site safety documentation including incident reports etc.
- Perform other duties in support of the GWMC team as directed, relevant to skills, competence and training.
Essential Requirements of the Position:
As the successful applicant, you will bring a strong mix of qualifications, skills and professional experience, including:
- Current Class C Driver’s Licence (MR Licence Desirable).
- General Construction Induction Training Card.
- National Certificates of Competency - Forklift (LF) (Desirable and willingness to obtain).
- Demonstrated experience relevant to the role including cash handling.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team and independently.
- Demonstrated time management, planning and basic computer skills.
In accordance with Work Health and Safety legislation, the successful applicant is required to be vaccinated for Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Tetanus and will be asked to provide evidence of this.
What is next?
Applications close Thursday, 4 September 2025 at 11.59pm AEDST with interviews to be held in the week commencing Monday, 15 September 2025.
If you are interested in this role and would like more information, please contact Andrea Baldwin, Resource Recovery Facilities Manager on 0437 044 612.
As part of the recruitment process, pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with requirements of the position.
All preferred candidates for this position will be asked to consent to a police check. Please note that people with a criminal record are not discouraged from applying for the position. Each application will be considered on its merit.
For more information and to apply, please visit: https://wagga.pulsesoftware.com/Pulse/jobs
https://wagga.nsw.gov.au/the-council/careers/why-work-in-wagga
Council is an inclusive employer. We strive to reflect the community in which we work, as a result we welcome and encourage applications from skilled people from all walks of life. This includes women, men, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with a disability, veterans, sexually and gender diverse people, people with lived experience and people of all ages.
