Registrar

Do you want to join a dynamic team?

Every year we register thousands of births and deaths, as well as conducting hundreds 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.

The role of Registrar is an exciting and varied one with responsibility to accurately and compassionately work with the public to create legal registrations of important life events.

A Registrar's typical day could include:

Conducting face to face interviews with the recently bereaved, new parents and those getting married or forming civil partnerships.

Public speaking, including facilitation of marriage, civil partnership and citizenship ceremonies.

Accurate data entry to create legal records and certificates.

Working as part of the team, providing the first point of contact for enquiries.

Responding to customers either face to face, by telephone, online or by post.

Utilising opportunities to adopt a commercial approach to maximise our income potential.

The successful candidate should be resilient, self-motivated and have an eye for detail. They should also have experience of working in a customer focused environment with an understanding of data entry processes and excellent IT skills.

This role involves working at our Lewes and Crowborough Register Offices. You should consider how you will be able to make this journey prior to submitting your application.

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 Job Description and Person Specification, including supporting examples.

Interview date: Tuesday 10 September 2024

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

For an informal discussion, please contact

For excellent training and development

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to

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.

Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

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.

Organisation

East Sussex County Council

Number of positions

1

Location

Lewes and Crowborough

Salary

£26,539 - £27,196 per annum

Closing date

25/08/2024

Department

Communities, Economy and Transport

Contract type

Permanent

Work pattern

Full Time

Hours

37

Job type

Registrars

Job reference

orbis/TP/1196/41909