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:
We are seeking a dedicated and highly organised Clerical Officer to join our fast-paced Children’s Safeguarding Unit. This is a vital role supporting a team committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children. You will play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of the unit by providing efficient and confidential administrative support.
Hours: 18.5 per week.
This is a Job share opportunity, and the working hours will be Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays or half day each Wednesday, 9.00am – 5.00pm with half an hour taken for lunch.
Your Contributions:
You will be efficient in managing diaries, scheduling, and rearranging meetings, with excellent communication skills as you will be responding to telephone and email enquiries professionally and sensitively. You will be adaptable and will provide clerical and administrative support to the Independent Reviewing Officers and Child Protection Chairs
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 ? 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 Johnson on 0151 5116554.
Interviews will provisionally take place on the 2nd June 2025.
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!
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