Ceremonies Registrar

East Sussex County Council; Lewes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

Do you want to join our dynamic team of registrars and become a Ceremonies Registrar?

Every year across our county we conduct thousands of weddings and civil partnerships. We also facilitate Citizenship Ceremonies for hundreds of people and reproduce tens of thousands of certificates from our historic archives dating back to 1837. People come to us at major events in their lives and count on us to deliver what they need, so our teams make a big impact on local communities and services. Our service is used by the residents of, and visitors to, East Sussex.

The role of Ceremonies Registrar is to represent the County Council as the front line of East Sussex Registration at marriage and civil partnership ceremonies, with competence and professionalism. The key responsibility includes interviewing couples immediately prior to their ceremony and registering their marriage or civil partnership. These take place at Register Offices and at Approved Marriage Premises, located right across the county. Following suitable training, you could be conducting marriage ceremonies as well as citizenship ceremonies (Single Status 6).

The postholder must be:

1. Resilient and self-motivated.
2. Highly organised and demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence and accuracy.
3. Present as smartly dressed, appropriate for attendance at a legal ceremony.
4. Must be available to work 2 - 3 Saturdays a month during the months of June to October and able to demonstrate how they will meet the travelling needs of the role.

We are looking for 15 people to join our Ceremonies Team across our 4 offices. The posts will be divided around the county, working from Crowborough, Eastbourne, Hastings and Lewes. Please indicate on your application which would be your preferred office. On occasion you may be asked to work from our other offices.

Due to the nature of the work this role is unsuitable for working from home.

To apply for this role, please click the 'apply now' button. In your application you should use bullet points to explain how you meet the essential criteria of the role, as listed in the Person Specification, including supporting examples.

Interviews will be held at: Lewes Register Office, Hastings Register Office and Eastbourne Register Office - On: 25th, 28th and 29th April (respectively).

The interview will involve an accuracy test, interview questions and a small public speaking part.

Being a Ceremonies Registrar is a privileged opportunity to be a part of a couple’s wedding or civil partnership or an individual’s citizenship ceremony.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity contact Jan Will, Ceremonies Team Leader.

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our website.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System.

If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

Reasonable adjustments include things like an offline application form. If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please get in touch.