Principal Health

Job Introduction

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:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead Halton Borough Council's Health & Safety Team based in DCBL Stadium, Widnes. The Council and HR Operations Division wishes to recruit a Principal Health and Safety Advisor who cares for the health, safety and wellbeing of employees, and any others affected by the Council's undertaking, and to also maintain a strong and positive Health & Safety culture.

In leading and managing the Council's Health & Safety Team you will identify and advise on best practice in Health & Safety, and the impact of changes in the Council's delivery of services to ensure the Council remains compliant and manages its responsibilities and obligations under Health & Safety law.

Your Contributions:

You will be responsible for managing a team that works across all Council services and schools including academies, engaging with managers to ensure that Health & Safety responsibilities are understood and have tools in place to monitor compliance.

You are required to be a Chartered Member of IOSH and hold a NEBOSH diploma or equivalent, and support your team to be up to date on best practice, legislations and appropriately qualified. You will have experience of working in Public Sector organisations or equivalent, and a training qualification would be useful.

You will also be the Risk Management Co-ordinator for the Authority leading on the compilation and appropriate reviewing of the Strategic Risk Register, and will also be the Radiation Protection Officer for schools within the borough carrying out regular audits.

You will be expected to liaise with the Health & Safety Executive on behalf of the Council if required, oversee on accident/incident and violent incident management and investigation, and work closely with the Councils Insurance Team.

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, leadership and inter-personal skills and be confident in liaising with all levels of management, unions, stakeholders, and elected members.

You will be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software and be able to adapt to the use of in house built electronic systems.

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.

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 Hayley Hamlett, Head of HR Operations on

Interviews will take place w/c 08 December 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 –

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