Waste Reduction Outreach Coordinator

Job title: Waste Reduction Outreach Coordinator

Reports to: Assistant Manager/Waste Reduction Coordinator

Job location: 303 Forest Street, Yarmouth, NS

Wage: $19.00 / hour

Hours: 35 hours per week (15-week internship)

Start Date: Expected May 11, 2026

Number of Positions: 1

Employment Hiring 

Clean is committed to Employment Equity and our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels. The Clean Leadership Program welcomes applications from qualified self-identifying First Nations, Métis and Inuit people, Racialized Youth, Persons with Disabilities, Newcomers, and 2SLGBTQIA+ applicants. If you are a member of one of the equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on our registration form.

About the Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program 

The Clean Leadership Summer Internship program helps grow the clean economy by matching interns (age 15-30) with employers for 9- and 15-week summer work placements. Participating interns will receive paid hands-on experience, mentorship opportunities, take part in a professional development conference and training, while supporting local environmental projects.

Program Requirements 

• Must be a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, person who has been granted refugee status in Canada or legally entitled to work in Canada;  
• Must be between the ages of 15 and 30 years old (inclusive) at the start of internship; 
• From and/or will be residing in Nova Scotia for the duration of the internship; 
• Must not be an immediate family member of host employer;

About the host employer 

Waste Check is a not for profit organization also known as the Western Region Solid Waste-Resource Management Authority (Region 7). The office location is in Yarmouth, but we represent the 6 Municipal Units of Yarmouth and Digby Counties. Waste Check provides waste reduction awareness, education, and program support to motivate everyone in the Western Region to reduce waste for a healthy environment. We administer the education, enforcement and waste reduction programs in the region. We currently have 7 full time employees who assist with these programs and educate the residents and businesses of the Region so they can comply with the regional and provincial waste management programs.

Summary of position  

The host employer for this Summer Internship position through the Clean Leadership program will be Waste Check. In this position, you will be mainly responsible for conducting a residential curbside outreach education program through the use of curbside monitoring with visual audits. With recent changes to our recycling program in December 2025, new items were added through extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, paper products and packaging-like products (PPP) for Nova Scotia so an increase in education and awareness is necessary. Other duties could include assisting with additional education outreach programs at special events and festivals throughout the region. Region 7 is made up of six municipal units with separate collection contracts. Monitoring of curbside waste is a good educational tool for compliance in our solid waste programs. This could include driving through neighborhoods on collection day to ensure residents are participating correctly as well as following up on rejections received from collection haulers. A typical day would begin in the office and each day could be different depending on the requests received. The intern would be responsible for planning each day in consultation with their supervisor. Most days would be in the field either on curbside monitoring or education outreach. The successful candidate needs to have excellent organizational skills, self starter, good time management, ability to work with minimal supervision, able to plan and execute programs as well as computer and communication skills.  The successful candidate would also need a valid driver license and a clean driving abstract.

Duties and Responsibilities  

• Review hauler rejection database
• Determine areas which may need curbside monitoring 
• Coordinate curbside monitoring program for collection routes 
• Execute curbside monitoring program
• Provide education as needed and info kits 
• Review current communication tools used by Waste Check and provide feedback  
• Generate reports as required  
• Put together info kits when needed 
• Review and input hauler rejection sheets into database 
• Prepare booth and attend events if required 
• Assist with litter or illegal dump clean ups if required
• Assist with green cart deliveries and repair

Requirements/Qualifications

• Have an aptitude for safe work practices and the ability to multi-task in a busy work environment; 
• Be able to work productively as part of a team while responding to feedback; 
• Demonstrated interest in future employment in the environmental or clean sector is considered an asset; 
• Excellent organizational and time management skills; 
• Familiar with Microsoft Office computer system; 
• Valid Driver’s license;
• Experience and ability to work flexible hours; 
• Able to work well without direct supervision

Working Conditions 

The duties of this position will often require working outdoors and sometimes outside of regular working hours. Applicants should be aware dealing with solid waste means sometimes having to handle garbage or organic material that can be odorous and unpleasant at times.

Physical Requirements

This position will require some light physical duties, such as walking, standing, bending, lifting such as green carts or large waste items for disposal, and carrying, as regular daily activities.