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:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed individual to join our Fostering and Children in Care Teams, as an Administration Officer. Our Teams are dedicated to supporting children by recruiting and supervising foster carers, arranging and monitoring placements, and delivering care planning and practical support to promote each child’s safety, stability and long-term wellbeing.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised individual who enjoys working in a varied and busy environment and has previous administration experience, specifically minute taking.

You will be primarily based at Rutland house in Runcorn, with some flexibility for home/agile working, and will provide support for colleagues and clients of Halton Borough Council’s Children’s Services.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

Some responsibilities of the role include:
• Organising/attending meetings; taking/distributing minutes and preparing/sending out agendas

• Data entry

• Financial administration

• Responding to queries and providing information and advice about the Council’s services

• Providing general administrative support

For this role, it is vital that you have previous experience of note/minute taking and organising meetings, as well as experience of undertaking a wide range of general administrative tasks. You should also have IT experience, inc. Microsoft applications, and the ability to work to deadlines.

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 Jacqueline Evans – Jacqueline.Evans@halton.gov.uk.

Interviews are expected to take place on 24th March 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!