Communication Officer

Communication Officer, 18.5 hours per week, temporary

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:

You will be part of our central Communications and Marketing team but with strong ties to our network of Family Hubs across the borough. 

We are close-knit, small, but impactful team of experienced communications and marketing professionals. We have created a supportive environment where all ideas and contributions are valued and where a great team spirit means we all pull together to get the job done. 

Hours: 18.5 per week flexible working hours scheme. Working pattern negotiable.

Your Contributions:

No two days will be the same as you provide support and guidance to keep local families, communities and partners informed and engaged around the Family Hub offer. As well as applying your all-round communications skills, this will mean using your great organisational and analytical skills to help you keep multiple projects on target and on track. In particular you will be responsible for:

• Delivering, monitoring and if necessary adapting the Family Hubs Communications and Engagement plan to support the achievement of Family Hub objectives.
• Identifying opportunities for positive internal and external publicity, researching/producing engaging content and providing associated photographic and video support where appropriate.
• Liaising with external partner agencies to coordinate joint communications activity.

 This is a great opportunity for someone looking for a new challenge, who thrives in a busy, dynamic environment where you will be involved in projects from start to end, and where your input will help to make a real difference to people’s lives.

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 Michelle Osborne michelle.osborne@halton.gov.uk 0151 755 7723.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 19th June at Municipal Building, Kingsway, Widnes, WA8 7QF.

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!