Causeway Coast & Glens Council to recruit Assistant Operations General Manager to help oversee waste management and street cleaning

Members at June’s Environmental Services Committee gave permission for the recruitment of an assistant operations general manager, which is a new post within Council. Operations services are overseen by the operations general manager.

A team of nine supervisors, seven business support staff and one health and safety support officer report directly to the general manager to deliver waste collection, waste disposal, street cleansing and the provision of public conveniences on a year-round, daily basis.

Operation services consist of 240 permanent staff, as well as seasonal staff, with an annual operational budget of circa £23 million.

Following the approval by committee members, Council plans to to fill the post this financial year, as a permanent position.

Director of Environmental Services, Aidan McPeake, said the postholder will report directly to the operations general manager and “assist in the day-to-day management of front-line service delivery, provide service continuity, improve performance, contribute to the delivery of capital projects, facilitate succession planning and improve organisational resilience”.

Mayor and DUP councillor Dawn Huggins said the current general manager is “extremely busy”, particularly after four legacy councils were amalgamated.

“He’s got a lot of staff underneath him as well as supervisors, etc, and if this is going to have a positive impact on Council service, to our ratepayers, then it would be good to see it happen,” she said.

Mr McPeake confirmed the position would be externally advertised, with plans to start the recruitment process after the summer recess.