Halton Borough Council, United Kingdom (On-Site)
Permanent, Weekends
£31,067- £33,366
37
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:
You will be working within Leisure Services, directly with the Culture Services Team and will be based at the Award winning Brindley in Runcorn as well as working in the community and on site at events. The working week will include some evenings and weekends as this is predominantly when events take place.
Your Contributions:
The main purpose of the role is to manage a range of projects as part of the Council’s Crucible of Culture Cultural Strategy and promote its overall aims, objectives and values. The job holder will support the coordination of accessible creative and cultural programming for the benefit of the borough’s residents, maximizing existing and new provision through partnership working and effective promotion. The job holder will coordinate and deliver marketing and communications across a variety of platforms, collecting, collating and sharing information, generating PR for activity delivering the Crucible of Culture and promoting the local arts and culture community. Furthermore, the job holder will provide advice and support to Cultivate and local arts and culture organisations, seeking funding, resource and development opportunities as well as support the local arts and culture community through the coordination of networking opportunities, cultural participation activity and information exchange
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 Rachael Prime rachael.prime@halton.gov.uk
Interviews will take place on 25 April 2025
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!