Employment Liaison 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:

Halton People into Jobs (Halton Borough Council) offers a range of services to help local residents address barriers to employment i.e. debt/money advice, health improvement, training, skills for life. Employment Specialists also help participants access support through a network of expert specialist organisations.

Your Contributions:

We are looking for a committed individual who has experience of successfully engaging with employers/businesses to work within the Council’s Employment, Learning and Skills division. The successful candidate will develop and maintain effective relationships with local employers and act as a key contact for identified skills and recruitment opportunities within these businesses.

Working under the direction of Welfare to Work and Health Manager, the postholder will undertake a targeted number of business calls and visits (virtual/face to face) to source suitable paid/unpaid employment opportunities. This will be achieved through effective employer engagement activity, job matching and preparing individuals for interview or assessment including one to one and group workshops.

You are required to undertake accurate job matching of customers to available skills and recruitment opportunities so that successful and sustainable employment outcomes are maximised and customer and stakeholder satisfaction is achieved.

The post will involve gaining a good understanding of the skills and abilities of the clients and the type of vacancies they are best suited to and use job matching skills to determine suitable route ways, including sector based/bespoke opportunities. 1:1 face to face support and delivery of group workshops such as pre-screening sessions to clients will be required.

You will be required to maintain accurate and timely electronic (and where necessary paper based) records of all employer engagement/sales interventions via the in-house Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. Including updating and circulating daily/weekly vacancy bulletins.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary £26403 to £28142 per annum
• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 26 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 Lynsey Carr (lynsey.carr@halton.gov.uk)

Interviews will take place on Monday 18th May 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!