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Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring three 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 new Social Value Team, which includes a Social Value Manager and a new Social Value Apprentice, will sit within the Employment, Learning & Skills Division of Halton Borough Council, but will work very closely with the council’s Planning, Procurement and Regeneration teams. The Division already delivers high quality outcomes for the community of Halton, through delivery of adult and family learning programmes and local employment support initiatives, which require the team and businesses to work in partnership to maximise positive results.

The wider Halton Employment Partnership, managed through the Division, brings together key partners that support local businesses and inward investors to achieve their social value obligations by matching community needs with relevant business opportunities. The services within the Division work at the heart of Halton’s community and the dedication and drive of the team to achieve excellent results means we deliver! If you have the passion to achieve results through comprehensive collaboration across council teams and community partners, then we would love to hear from you.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

Building on previous years of Social Value focus for the Council, owned, driven and delivered by the Halton Employment Partnership (HEP), we have developed a new role within the Employment, Learning & Skills Division to bring structure and dedicated resource to an area of ever-growing importance to Halton Council and our communities. This Social Value Manager role will help the Council to embed social value in line with The Public Services (Social Value) Act (2012), Equality Act 2010, Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Policy Note 002 too, which have made Social Value a core, accountable part of how public contracts are designed, awarded, and managed.

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 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
• 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 Siobhan.Saunders@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on 31st July 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!