Public Health Project 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:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Halton Borough Councils Public Health Team as a Public Health Project Officer.

Our team is committed to delivering meaningful changes to residents in the borough and improve the health and wellbeing of our communities.

This is an interesting and diverse role with opportunities for development.

The post is full time on a permanent basis based in Runcorn Town Hall, hybrid working (depending on service demands).

Your Contributions:

We are looking for an organised and proactive Project Officer to provide administrative and operational support across a range of projects. The successful candidate will support senior managers and work closely with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered effectively. The ideal candidate will have strong organisational and communication skills, an ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities, excellent attention to detail and should be confident using Microsoft applications

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.
• Essential Car User Allowance

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 -

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

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