Deputy Registrar​/secondment

Overview

We are looking for a Deputy Registrar. This is a part time, fixed term role (22.2 hours) based at Portsmouth Register Office, PO1 3AF
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We are looking for a confident, positive and energetic Deputy Registrar to join our team. The successful candidate will have strong organisational, communication and IT skills and thrive on assisting members of the public at key moments in their lives.

• Working in the Portsmouth Register Office you will be registering births, deaths, stillbirths, civil partnerships, and marriages.
• You will be responsible for preparing certificates for members of the public and making appointments for people to come to the office to register births, deaths, stillbirths and to give notice of marriages and civil partnerships. The role also involves the duty of taking notices of marriage and civil partnership.
• There is currently a requirement to work 48 hours per year as contractual overtime to cover Saturday ceremonies booked to take place at Milldam House, licenced venues, and churches within the City of Portsmouth. These hours are worked on a rota basis, working one in four Saturdays during each month. During the months of April to September this is likely to increase to two in four Saturdays.
  
  These 48 hours are in addition to the set 22.2 hours worked on a weekly basis and are reviewed annually and may therefore fluctuate from one year to another.
• There will also be occasional additional weekend work on Sundays and Bank Holidays as requested to cover ceremony duties. These are on a voluntary basis and not included in the 48 hours contractual overtime requirement.
• The successful candidate will be prepared to train as a Deputy Superintendent Registrar which will allow the officer to conduct marriage/civil partnership ceremonies and private citizenship ceremonies.

• You will have experience of working in a front-line customer service role; within the registration service is desirable.
• Excellent accuracy, attention to detail and neat handwriting are important.
• You will be patient, tactful and empathetic as you will be dealing with people who may be in a highly emotional state in sometimes difficult situations.
• You will have the ability to understand and apply complex legislation and be able to work on your own as there will be times when you are working with limited supervision.

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Salary:
Band: 5, £26,473 - £28,239 per annum (£15,883 - £16,943 for 22.2 hours), plus contractual overtime

1 x 22.2 hours per week - fixed term/secondment opportunity for 6 months - with the possibility of being made permanent - working hours/days to be discussed s 48 hours per annum contractual overtime (worked on Saturdays).

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