Job Description

St Helens Register Office is looking to appoint a part time Registration and Ceremonies Officer to join the team.


Working part time in a professional customer-facing front line service, you will assist in providing a first-class registration service for St Helens, which fully meets the needs of its customers and therefore maximum flexibility applies.


Your duties will range from registering births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, taking notice of marriage and civil partnership and conducting ceremonies at the Register Office and Approved premises.


We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, who can remain calm under pressure and has the ability to apply complex regulations in a sensitive and customer focused manner. Experience of delivering services directly to the public is essential and the successful candidate must be able to work effectively and flexibly in a busy front line office.


You will be based at St Helens Register Office but will be required to travel to marriage venues and other buildings within St Helens. Your working week will include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. You will also be required to work on call for faith burials and Registrar General Licence marriage or civil partnerships for which an additional allowance is paid when on rota.

This post is subject to basic DBS checks.

You would need to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.


As part of the interview process applicants will be required to read from a script and undertake a handwriting and spelling test.


Conditions of Service


Hours will be worked 19.25 hours per week as follows: -

Thursday & Friday 8.45 am to 4.45 pm with a one-hour lunch break. Wednesday 8.45 am to 2.00 pm week 1 and Wednesday 11.45 am to 5.00 pm week 2. Saturday's are worked on a rota basis accruing lieu time for hours worked. Sundays and Bank Holidays are worked on a team rota with enhancements to pay.

For an informal discussion, please contact Julie Kelly, Senior Registration Officer on 01744 677398

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Registration and Ceremonies Officer - Part Time

Full & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

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Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.


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