Team Leader Health and Activity

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 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:

Halton People into Jobs (Halton Borough Council) offers a range of services to help local residents address barriers to employment i.e. debt/money advice, health improvement, training, skills for life. Employment Specialists also help participants access support through a network of expert specialist organisations.

Your Contributions:

We are looking for a committed, experienced and qualified Team Leader to work within the Council’s Employment, Learning and Skills division. The successful candidate will oversee the maintenance, supervision and development of systems and processes ensuring accurate and compliant storage of all data held on the systems.

Working under the direction of the one of the Welfare to Work and Health Manager, the postholder will line manage a team providing a bespoke employment support service for people with health conditions and/or complex barriers who have been referred to Halton People into Jobs to assist them in seeking, obtaining and sustaining employment.

The successful candidate will undertake timely reviews and accurate transmission of this data in a variety of forms. In particular, statutory funding agencies in order to draw down appropriate funding for the service and comply with inspection and funding regimes.

Ensuring staff are well informed and motivated to contribute to improvements in processes and procedures that will deliver efficiencies and service enhancements, with regard to divisional strategies, quality standards and programmes of work. Undertake continuous professional development to ensure up to date working knowledge of the business use and benefits of existing and emerging systems and processes and, where appropriate, make recommendations for their application.

Undertake quality assurance checks/caseload reviews to ensure contract requirements and service standards are fully met. Engagement and coordination with government agencies on an operational and strategic basis.

Previous experience of working within a similar role line managing a front-line delivery team on a day-to-day basis is required or the ability to demonstrate transferable skills outlined within the specification.

Our Offer:

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

• Competitive salary £35,412 to £38,220
• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 26 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service 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
• 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 Lynsey Carr (lynsey.carr@halton.gov.uk)

Interviews will take place on Thursday 21st May 2026.

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!