At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to promote healthier lifestyles and manage public health initiatives.
- Company: Join Halton Borough Council, a vibrant local authority dedicated to community health.
- Benefits: Enjoy 34 days holiday, flexible working, and a fantastic pension scheme.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with great career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your skills in public health.
- Qualifications: Experience in health promotion or management is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 29700 - 36300 £ per year.
Working Hours: 37
Location: Halton Borough Council
Closing Date: 31/08/2026
Job Category: Public Health
Directorate: Public Health Directorate
Department: Public Health
Job Introduction
Our Story: Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring three 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
Working within the Public Health Directorate, the Health Improvement Team provide a variety of services to the residents of Halton, encouraging and facilitating them to make healthier lifestyle choices. This includes the delivery and management of behaviour change interventions such as Adult weight management and exercise on prescription.
Your Contributions
You will be responsible for line managing a team of Lifestyle Advisors that work directly with local residents, to deliver weight management and exercise on prescription services. You will be supporting the Live Well Practice Manager in designing, implementing and evaluating interventions in a way which aligns with public health priorities and local population needs. You will be involved in delivering training, including building on our blood pressure champion program. You will be a part of a wider team that delivers Health improvement services to the people of Halton right through the life course from Infant Feeding to Falls prevention with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills across a range of Public health initiatives.
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
- Flexible working arrangements
- Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
Interviews will take place week commencing 21st September 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
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