Zero Waste Specialist

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Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder-an employee with the City of Gainesville- you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it's a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

Works:
Engineering Services

$44,907.20

$72,555.38

08/17/2026

This is technical and administrative work coordinating implementing Zero waste programs including curbside, commercial, and multifamily recycling, food waste diversion, and yard trash programs. This position assists in the management solid waste and recycling collection contracts and education about ordinances relating to solid waste.

The positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its emphasis on Solid Waste/Recycling Programs and from lower classes by its responsibility of direct interaction with the neighbors, businesses, and the public in general.

This is technical and administrative work coordinating implementing Zero waste programs including curbside, commercial, and multifamily recycling, food waste diversion, and yard trash programs. This position assists in the management solid waste and recycling collection contracts and education about ordinances relating to solid waste.

The positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its emphasis on Solid Waste/Recycling Programs and from lower classes by its responsibility of direct interaction with the neighbors, businesses, and the public in general.

* This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job. Performance of lower level duties may be required.

• Provide customer support and respond to questions from the public by phone, email, or online about recycling, solid waste services, and general zero waste information.
• Promote recycling and zero waste initiatives to individual residents, multifamily complexes, municipal facilities, and businesses.
• Oversee the Adopt-a-Street program by recording and filing cleanup reports, monitoring group activities, preparing cleanup supplies .
• Research and write content educat ion materials, including weekly Zero Waste News articles, Adopt-A-Street newsletters, and assist in developing various promotional campaigns.
• Produce social media posts, educational videos, and maintain website information for solid waste and recycling activities and services.
• Respond and resolve issues related to the City's internal municipal office paper recycling and food waste collection programs.
• Assist with the recording and monitoring of monthly commercial franchise data, analyze tonnage reports and participation data, and assist with developing the City's strategic plan and zero waste efforts.
• Conduct field assignments, including residential curbside recycling auditing, measuring food waste set out weights, conducting commercial waste assessments, and carrying out field checks related to the City's Mandatory Recycling Ordinance.
• Support the coordination of seasonal programs and special events recycling programs
• Confers with solid waste haulers, businesses, citizens, owners, or occupants relative to the solid waste contract, solid waste ordinance requirements, violations to be corrected, or inspection findings.
• Designs and implements programs to encourage recycling and waste reduction in conformance with the goals of the Comprehensive Plan and local, state and federal laws.
• Interprets the provisions of the solid waste contract as applies to solid waste operations, complaints, disputes and violations.
• Hears and investigates solid waste complaints and maintains records of findings.
• Confere and coordinates with designated supervisor on organizational policy questions.
• Attends work on a continuous and regular basis.

• May be required to attend meetings outside business hours.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Below are the required education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions.

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