Service Development Officer

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:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Halton Borough Councils Public Health Team as a Project Support Officer.

Our team is committed to delivering meaningful changes to residents in the borough and improve the health and wellbeing of our communities.

This is an interesting and diverse role with opportunities for development.

Hours: 37 per week

The post is full time on a permanent basis based in Runcorn town hall, hybrid working (depending on service demands) Monday - Friday - Flexible working with occasion evening/ weekend work

Interviews will take place on 20th July pm and 21st July pm.

Your Contributions:

Are you an experienced Service Development Officer looking to utilise your experience and develop your expertise, if so, we invite you to join our team and bring your expertise, enthusiasm, and passion for making a real impact – and help us improve the health for the people of Halton

This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with Senior Management, advise council officers, members and partners on the development, maintenance and evaluation of policies and strategies for the Council and its partnerships, and support the commissioning function for Public Health.

Educated to degree level or equivalent or able to demonstrate relevant experience, You will have:

• Experience of working in a Health, Public Health, Social Care or Welfare setting (across Adults or Children’s Services).
• Experience of interagency working and multi-agency partnerships
• Knowledge and understanding of the policy development process.
• Ability to analyse complex information and make judgements under pressure
• Ability to think and plan strategically and able to understand and use numerical information.
• Ability to exercise personal judgement with awareness of the sensitivity of context and be focused on customer centred services.
• Ability to self-manage with a high degree of personal and professional integrity with effective presentation and communication skills
• Skills and understanding of work within a political context

If you’re ready to make a real difference, join us on this meaningful journey. Together, let’s build the future and make a real difference for the communities we serve.

As this role involves regular travel across the borough and sometimes further afield, a driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential requirements. Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act.

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 Jayne Hardman at jayne.hardman@halton.gov.uk

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!