Information Systems Manager

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:

Reporting to the Service Manager, the Software and Applications Development team are a friendly, experienced and pro-active team that have a large skills base that seek to deliver a high standard of development and support across the authority’s Information Systems. As part of the team, you will be involved with, (and manage), a variety of projects and systems that will not only develop your technical skills, but will offer the rare opportunity to work across the full system development lifecycle.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining new and existing systems using a variety of development platforms, including but not limited to Microsoft development environments, AI platforms, Open-Source platforms, platforms supplied by 3rd Party systems and specified system integrations.
• Implementing, re-configuring, enhancing and developing a variety of systems (both internal and external) using a variety of languages and tools including but not limited to C, C#, Visual Basic, T-SQL, PL-SQL, Web Applications, PowerShell, and shell scripting.
• Liaising with representatives from across the authority at all levels in order to identify, document and confirm business requirements for new or existing information systems.
• Being the first point of contact for the operation, development, and maintenance of Information Systems specific to your specialism throughout the authority, with an emphasis on excellent customer service.
• Identify issues, and the subsequent research of potential solutions and implementation of said solutions, as well as the adherence to security compliance, system configuration, and documentation standards.

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
• 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
• 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 Chris Campbell via email chris.campbell@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 15th October 2025

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!