Children's Resourcing Officer

Job Introduction

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’s Children’s Services are excited to welcome a new Resourcing Officer.

You’ll be joining a passionate, supportive, and collaborative team that works across the council to make a real difference in the lives of children and families. Working closely with the Director of Children’s Social Care, you will help ensure that our services – particularly around recruitment – are well-managed, responsive, and aligned with our commitment to high-quality care and support.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

As a Resourcing Officer, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Director of Children’s Social Care, helping to drive forward workforce initiatives and key change projects across the service. You’ll be at the heart of our governance processes, ensuring smooth coordination and effective communication. From facilitating high-level meetings with internal teams to working with external partners, this is a dynamic role where no two days are the same.

• The post holder will be a highly motivated, proactive individual with an excellent understanding of electronic and IT programmes. 
• You will assist social work managers in co-ordinating transactional activity relating to hiring manager responsibilities for appointments in both the permanent and temporary labour markets. 
• With your experience in recruitment, you will support hiring managers through the key stages of the Council’s recruitment processes, providing comprehensive advice and guidance and practical support in creation of recruitment documentation such as job descriptions, adverts and interview questions. 
• You will be responsible for coordinating the collection of operational data to inform hiring decisions and support business cases. This role requires excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage large volumes of data with accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
• In addition, you will play a key role in ensuring that change projects relating to improving services are supported within children’s services, being able to prioritise to meet the demands of the service.

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 Katherine Appleton on Katherine.Appleton@Halton.gov.uk.

Interviews will provisionally take place W/C 7th July.

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!