Senior Administration Officer

Job Introduction

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:

Halton Family Hubs are seeking a permanent Senior Administration Officer to join our busy, front‑line service welcoming local families into the Family Hubs across Halton. This is a key leadership role within the administrative team, providing day‑to‑day oversight, guidance, and coordination for Family Hub Administrators based at our sites in Widnes and Runcorn.

You will contribute to the smooth and effective running of the Hubs by ensuring high‑quality administrative support, consistent processes and a welcoming environment for families accessing the Family Hub services. Working closely with Hub Managers and the wider leadership team, you will help maintain service standards, support staff development and ensure that administrative functions operate efficiently across all locations.

Your Contributions:

• Operational supervision and monitoring of the administration team.
• Attend Family Hub leadership meetings, accurately record minutes, and ensure actions are captured and distributed promptly.
• Provide flexible support to cover reception duties when required.
• To provide advice, guidance and information to managers on administration matters.
• The Senior Administrator Officer should hold Maths and English GCSE qualifications and have experience in using IT systems including all Microsoft packages. Ideally you will have experience managing staff or supporting workers in a supervisory capacity.

Hours: 37 per week

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 Gemma Helps on 0151 511 8065 or gemma.helps@halton.gov.uk 

Interviews will take place on week commencing 17th August 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!