Nrs District Examiner

Overview:
**Would you like to work for an organisation that really wants to make Scotland better? Are you a good communicator with a great eye for detail?** If the answers to the above are yes, then this exciting opportunity could be for you.

National Records of Scotland (NRS) collects, preserves and produces information about Scotland's people and history and makes it available to inform current and future generations. This information is collected in a variety of ways, including the registration of births, still-births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships known as “vital events”.

**Please note that this is a part-time role.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Examine all entries in the birth, still birth, death, marriage and civil partnership registers for allocated local authorities to ensure the accuracy of these public records.
- Work in close partnership with the other examiners to ensure consistent guidance provided. Issues and solutions highlight to Head of Registration for consideration.
- Advise and support all Registration staff both in and out with your local authorities as required.
- Prepare reports for each of your local authorities detailing accuracy rates, staffing figures and strategic issues.
- Visit registration offices to provide face to face guidance, feedback on performance and update on developments within registration services.
- Share report details with Registrar General and participate in meetings as required.
- Manage your own workload, incorporating the requirement to travel to and spend time in your allocated local authority offices.

**Competencies**
Improving Performance

Self-Awareness

Communications and Engagement

Analysis and Use of Evidence

Essential Criteria & Qualifications:
1. Strong planning and organisational skills, with the flexibility to respond to competing demands and to balance priorities.

2. Ability to communicate sensitively to local authority staff to ensure that areas of concern are addressed.

3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and confidence in engaging with a wide range of people including internal and external stakeholders.

4. Proven ability to analyse information from a wide range of sources, working accurately with good attention to detail.

**Qualifications**

Certificate of Proficiency in the Law and Practice of Registration in Scotland holder or a minimum of three years registration experience.

**Provisional Interview Dates**
To be confirmed.

**Additional Information**

**How To Apply**

For further information on this vacancy please download and review the “Person Specification” which you will find below.

Person Specification Band B

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