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Sessional Registration Officer

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Job Title: Sessional Registration Officer

Salary Range: Scale 6  £16.95-£20.54 per hour Depending on skills, knowledge and experience 

Casual 

Location: Wandsworth and Richmond Registrar Office  

 

Objective of role  

Are you a confident public speaker wanting to play a pivotal role in major life events?

Can you lead a ceremony with flair and emotion whilst ensuring legalities are observed?

Are you looking to join a committed team and make a significant impact within a high reputed Registration Service?

Can you stay calm and professional whilst controlling large groups?

If you answered yes, we want to hear from you 

 

.About the role 

 We are responsible for the registration of births and deaths, marriage and civil partnership preliminaries, marriage and civil partnership registrations, citizenship ceremonies and other celebratory services.

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for Sessional Registration Officers to join our highly professional team and make a significant contribution to service delivery. You will work across Richmond and Wandsworth, delivering civil registration duties across our approved venues and in-house ceremony venues at York House and Wandsworth Town Hall playing a huge part of making history every day.
 
 You will be able to remain calm and in control whilst enabling an enjoyable relaxed environment for events within a strict legal framework. You will deliver the right amount of gravitas for the occasion and inspire confidence and trust from couples, guests and colleagues.
 
 We seek a highly professional, well-presented individual who can deliver a consistently high-quality service and operate in strict accordance with registration law and guidelines.

 

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

 Workload Management- You will be able to work off your own initiative with the ability to manage your own workload.

Communication Skills- You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you must be a confident public speaker, and be able to explain complex legislation simply and clearly.

IT Skills- You will be fully competent in ICT and an efficient administrator, you must be able to problem-solve and work on your own initiative.

Customer Service- We welcome applications from candidates who have relevant experience, excellent customer service skills, with an aptitude for dealing with people at some of the most important and emotionally heightened moments in their lives.

Location- You will be willing and able to work across both boroughs if required.

 

  Recruitment Timeline

On going recruitment (Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis.)

Interview Date: To be confirmed 

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

 

 Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. 

  

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

 

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