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:

Our dedicated ICART team act as the first point of contact for members of the public and professionals who have concerns about a child. ICART is a multi-agency team bringing together colleagues from social care, early help, education, health, and the police.

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join us as an Administration Officer. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the smooth day-to-day operation of the service. Working in a fast-paced yet supportive environment, you will provide essential administrative support and help the team respond efficiently to an ever-changing demand.

You will be primarily based at Municipal Building, with flexibility to work on a hybrid/agile basis.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

Some of the main responsibilities of the role include:

- Maintaining and updating manual and computerised filing systems for accurate record-keeping and retrieval

- Monitoring the main inbox and loading referrals onto our internal system (Eclipse)

- Organising internal, external, and multi-agency meetings (scheduling, agendas, room bookings, minute-taking, and follow-up actions)

- Providing word processing and general administrative support (letters, reports, presentations, filing, photocopying)

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 Laura Cavanagh – Laura.Cavanagh@halton.gov.uk

Interviews are expected to take place W/C 20th April 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!