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Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

Our Care Home Division comprises three nursing homes, one residential care home, and a bed-based Reablement facility across Widnes and Runcorn. We are seeking a committed and proactive individual to join our team.

In this role, you will carry out routine checks and maintain the buildings and surrounding grounds to a high standard. You will work closely with managers to support the smooth running of the homes, using your maintenance experience and communication skills to address issues promptly and coordinate with external contractors when more complex work is required.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

• Experience in maintaining plant, equipment and buildings, ensuring they are safe and operational.

• Capable of completing required reports and documentation, including the regular updating of inventory records.

• Knowledge and practice of grounds maintenance and maintaining good housekeeping standards.

• Strong ability to prioritise own workload, working independently or as part of a team.

• Ability to drive.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service (*delete if not applicable) with the option to purchase an additional four-days of unpaid leave for our Annual Christmas Closedown

• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions

• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme

• Investment in your personal development

• Free Car Parking at HBC sites

• Flexible working arrangements (*delete if not applicable)

• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Jane Davies on 01515116175 or via email jane.davies@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place WC 18th May TBC

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!