Senior Funding & Monitoring Officer

Senior Funding & Monitoring Offer, 37 hours per week flexible working hours scheme

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:

The Programmes Office is responsible for maximising external funding into the Borough and for overseeing the successful delivery and implementation of the Council’s externally funded economic regeneration projects, including Halton Borough Council’s Town Deal Programme, UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Plan for Neighbourhoods.

We are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Funding and Monitoring Officer to support this work; the post is based in our Widnes office (Municipal Building) with a hybrid working arrangement.

Your Contributions:

• The main purpose of the post will be to lead on the monitoring of Halton Borough Council’s large-scale externally funded initiatives, including European, Governmental and Lottery strands. 
• The post will be responsible for the fulfilment of the Council’s Accountable Body role in respect of these multi-million pound programmes. 
• The post will take responsibility for the close monitoring and evaluation of expenditure, outputs and outcomes at both a programme and a project level reporting into the Combined Authority, MHCLG, ensuring that HBC is not subject to unnecessary clawback.
• Liaising and negotiating on HBC’s behalf with a wide range of external agencies and organisations, including the CA and DLUHC, in respect of the monitoring of large-scale externally funded projects and programmes, thereby contributing to the social and economic regeneration of the borough

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
• 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 Steph Davies – steph.davies@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place w/c 26th May.

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!