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Company: City of Edmonton
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Career Level: Entry Level
Industries: Government, Nonprofit, Education

Description

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 apartment and condo collection program. Reporting to the Outreach Coordinator, you will be part of a 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 do?

  • 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


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