Operational Compliance Officer

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:

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in vibrant, community-focused settings! Leisure Services enriches the community through sports facilities, development programmes, community centres, libraries, theatres, events, and the Registration Service. We strive to inspire, connect, and support people of all ages with high-quality, inclusive services.

Your Contributions:

As part of your role you will:

• Communicate with a wide range of staff and external organisations.
• Develop and maintain safe systems in front-line services, ensuring adherence and will need a good attention to detail.
• Oversee risk assessments, training logs, building inspections, and monitoring.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in service quality and efficiency.
• Manage Performance Management Systems to monitor and evaluate work against set standards.
• Lead the creation of published Service Standards and a defined training plan covering H&S/Risk Management, Data Protection, Customer Service, Equality, and compliance.
• Have the following qualifications: ILM3 in Management or Safety related subject and IOSH Managing Safety Certificate.  

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
• Car leasing schemes

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 Sally McDonald sally.mcdonald@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on 13.3.25

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!