Job Introduction
This is an annualised role of 36 hours per year, acting on an ad hoc basis, to cover leave, and additional workload.
Starting salary for this role is £32,061 pro rata
This role sits within a well defined pay band, offering clear progression as you grow your career at BCP. Without exception all new starters begin at the entry point of the band, ensuring fairness and consistency across the organisation. Be part of a forward thinking workplace where you’re supported to grow and you can truly #BeTheDifference at BCP.
Internal colleagues are also normally appointed at the bottom of the band, unless moving within the same profession and skill level, where the pay band is the same they can be appointed to the existing pay point.
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Role Purpose
To deliver a registration service which ensures that all births, deaths, still births, marriages, citizenship ceremonies and civil partnerships within BCP are registered in accordance with statue and non -statutory ceremonies such as naming, renewals of vows and other celebratory ceremonies are carried out in a professional manner.
Main Responsibilities
• Responsible for carrying out the duties as a Registrar in accordance with the guidance given in the Registrar General’s handbook for registration officers (England and Wales) while delivering a high standard of customer service and acting in a professional and empathetic manner.
• Register births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and assist with citizenship and other celebratory ceremonies within BCP in accordance with defined procedures to deliver a statutory registration service, including interviewing the public to ensure accurate statutory information is collected and recorded with any anomalies dealt with.
• Assisting the Principal Registrar and the Superintendent Registrar/Additional Superintendent Registrar with registration administration including inquests, burials or cremations and removal of bodies out of the country paperwork.
• Ensure safe transfer of unused certificates, counterfoils, monies collected and other stock items to the Superintendent Registrar/Additional Superintendent Registrar and Principal Registrar.
• Liaise with a variety of stakeholders including funeral directors, hospitals, doctors, coroner’s officers and other government departments.
• Deputise for the Superintendent Registrar/Additional Superintendent Registrar and Principal Registrar as and when required.
• Undertake preliminary questioning and registration of marriages and civil partnerships to ensure that any discrepancies are addressed appropriately, and the necessary administration of notices is performed in line with statutory requirements.
• Officiate marriage and civil partnership ceremonies, performing the legal duties of a Registrar of Marriages so that ceremonies are delivered in accordance with statutory requirements and the couple’s wishes.
• Responsible for the preparation and conducting of non-statutory ceremonies such as naming, renewal of vows and any other ceremonies which may be requested.
• Search the computerised and manual indices of birth, death, marriage and civil partnership records in order to prepare certified copies of historic records neatly and correctly as required.
The Ideal Candidate
• Experience of delivering registration services and ceremonies.
• Knowledge of the work practices, processes and procedures relevant to registration services.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
• Ability to communicate in a polite and courteous manner, using empathy and deal sensitively with people in stressful and emotional circumstances.
• Ability to manage own workload.
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
• Meticulous documentation and handwriting skills.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Chrissi Rowley (01202 123635 - chrissi.rowley@bcpcouncil.gov.uk) or Richard Painter (01202 128968 - r.painter4@bcpcouncil.gov.uk)
Please note, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with existing right to work in the UK.
Please note this position is subject to The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968 and therefore subject to the following disqualifications for appointment:
Disqualifications for appointment
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 4, no person shall be qualified for appointment—
(a)to any registration office—
(i)if he has been declared bankrupt and has not subsequently obtained his discharge, or if he has made any composition or arrangement with his creditors and has not subsequently paid his debts in full or obtained a certificate of discharge;
(ii)if he has been dismissed from any office by the Registrar General and the Registrar General does not consent to the appointment;
(iii)if he is, or has been during the 12 months preceding the date on which the appointment is to take effect, a member of the council or of a committee of the council having duties in relation to the appointment of registration officers;
(iv)if he is an officer or servant, other than the clerk or deputy clerk, of a local authority employed by them in the performance of duties relating to their functions as a burial authority;
(v)if he holds any office as authorised person, secretary (for marriages) of a synagogue or registering officer of the Society of Friends;
(vi)if he is a minister of religion, a medical practitioner, a midwife, an undertaker or other person concerned in a burial or cremation business, a person engaged in any business concerned with life insurance, or a person engaged in any other calling which would conflict with or prevent the proper performance in person of the duties of the office for which he is a candidate;
(b)as superintendent registrar, if he holds office as a registrar or any deputy registration office;
(c)as registrar, if he holds office as a superintendent registrar or is a coroner.
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We’re committed to providing a fully inclusive recruitment process ensuring every candidate and colleague has the support and reasonable adjustments they need to thrive.
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About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, world-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
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Basic DBS
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