Principal Business & Investment Officer

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Our Team:

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Regeneration Division for a Principal Strategic Housing & Investment Officer.

Following the adoption of the Council's Housing Strategy, we are creating a new strategic housing function within the Regeneration Division to drive delivery of the strategy and strengthen the Council's corporate approach to housing.

Hours: 37

Your Contributions:

For this role you will need degree-level or equivalent relevant professional qualifications, or expertise and be able to demonstrate evidence of continuous personal and professional development. In addition we are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

• Extensive experience of project management and implementation of economic development programmes and projects and regeneration or business support initiatives
• Knowledge of the mechanisms and objectives of economic development and an understanding of general business growth issues
• Good negotiating skills which can be demonstrated as successful in economic development
• Knowledge of a range of funding mechanisms and a familiarity with application procedures
• A working knowledge of procurement, subsidy control, planning, highways, contaminated land, flood risk management and working with Council departments and external and external advisors to ensure compliance with legislative or regulatory requirements.

• Excellent organisational abilities, coupled with a high level of self-motivation and enthusiasm

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
• 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 Helen.Roberts@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place TBC

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!