Technical 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 Home Improvement Agency (HIA) helps people with disabilities make their homes safer and more accessible by supporting them through the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) process. Acting on behalf of clients, the Agency manages every stage — from initial assessment to completion — ensuring all work meets professional recommendations and legal standards.

Once a referral is received from an Occupational Therapist or Community Care Worker, the Agency handles the full adaptation process: drawing plans, securing permissions, obtaining quotes, submitting grant applications, appointing contractors, supervising the work, and arranging payment on completion.

The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a means-tested fund to help cover the cost of essential home adaptations — such as ramps, widened doorways, accessible bathrooms, lifts, or adapted kitchens — enabling greater independence at home. Extensions are only approved when no other options to adapt within the footprint of the property are feasible.

Hours: 37 per week

Your Contributions:

• To carry out surveys, draft specifications and contract drawings and prepare necessary tender documentation for HIA contracts liaising closely with the team’s Grant Officer & Project Leader to ensure tendered works are eligible for grant aid and offer value for money
• .To undertake dwelling surveys and liaise with the team’s Occupational Therapists and Community Care Workers to determine the most effective way of adapting properties to meet the needs of people with disabilities
• To undertake supervision of works on site, liaising with contractors to ensure quality of work.

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

Interviews 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!