Local Authority & Community Partnerships Officer

We are looking for a Local Authority & Community Partnerships Officer, to support the Environmental Partnerships Lead on proactively building new and maintaining the hundreds of existing relationships we have developed with local authorities across the UK. 

As Local Authority & Community Partnerships Officer, you will help manage and grow these relationships, working together to make it easier for the public to recycle their electricals. 

The focus of this role is to make it easier for local authorities to help their residents reuse, repair and recycle their unwanted electricals. You will help waste, sustainability and comms teams within local authorities by supporting them to effectively use and develop our campaign communications. Additionally you will lead on existing partnerships with schools, universities and community groups across the UK. 

You will have: 

• An interest in sustainability and how we can change consumer behaviour for the better
• Proven experience in a similar role 
• Experience working directly with local authorities or in a local authority team
• Existing knowledge of how local authorities work 
• Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills 
• Able to demonstrate highly effective communications skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage work with attention to detail
• Experience and enjoyment of building effective relationships and working collaboratively, including with external partners

The organisation

Material Focus exists to save valuable, critical and finite materials from being wasted. We are an independent not-for-profit made up of a small but creative, hard-working team making it easier for everyone across the UK to fix, donate and recycle their electricals. We work in partnership with hundreds of organisations to make it easier to recycle electricals through our award-winning UK-wide ‘Recycle Your Electricals’ campaign. 

Recycle Your Electricals campaign 

Anything with a plug, a cable or a battery can be recycled – and over 75% of the materials can be reused. But, too often, small electricals are thrown away or kept at home because people are unsure what to do with them. Our campaign aims to inspire, educate and encourage everyone across the UK to act. Through our partnerships we are piloting practical ways to make electrical recycling easier, from kerbside recycling schemes, to community drop-off points, schools programs, and office collections.  

Closing date – Sunday 26th July 2026

As an organisation representative of all people in the UK, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and encourage applications from candidates who have an ability to apply awareness of diversity issues to all areas of work. 

For more information and the full job description, please head to here to apply.