Stadium Safety 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:

The Match/Event Safety Officer holds ultimate responsibility for safety during events where the Stadium’s Safety Certificate is in force and has the authority to take any action necessary to protect those on site.

A critical part of the role involves developing and reviewing all relevant health and safety policies, contingency plans, and risk assessments. These documents are essential in maintaining high safety standards and supporting a proactive safety culture.

Hours: 7.5 per week

Your Contributions:

The role requires close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior officers within the Council, elected members, emergency services, national governing bodies, and other key partners.

• The role will act as the Council’s representative at relevant external meetings and forums relating to stadium safety.
• You will undertake routine inspections and audits of the stadium and associated work activities must be conducted to ensure compliance with legislation covering health and safety, fire safety, and counter-terrorism.
• You will also be responsible for advising the Stadium management team on how to meet their health and safety obligations, identifying training needs, and, developing and delivering bespoke training programs. You will also maintain a thorough understanding of current legislation and best practice in safety management.
• Lead investigations into accidents and near-miss incidents, ensuring any notifiable events are reported and examined in line with statutory requirements.

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 Bruce Reardon bruce.reardon@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on WC 8th September

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!