He became secretary of the authority's staff association, the Bolton Municipal Officers' Guild, and, from 1906, a delegate to NALGO's national executive council (NEC) chaired by Herbert Blain.
He encouraged the establishment of Whitley Councils in local government, bringing together employers and staff representatives to consider issues of pay and conditions of service.
[3][4] According to NALGO's official history, Hill gave the Association "every ounce of his outstanding energy, vision and organizing genius".
[5] He retired from NALGO in 1943, "weary of increasing and often bitter personal conflicts with some members of the NEC and his senior staff".
[5] He prepared a report on the reorganisation of local government in Jamaica, and took up a post as head of the department of public and social administration at University College, Exeter.