Ceremonies Assistant

**Grade: F**

**Salary: £23,194 to £24,948 pro rata**

**Vacancy Hours: 18**

**Contract Type: Established - Part Time**

**Weekend Working Yes, on a rota basis**

**Closing Date: 26th April 2023**

**Interview Date: 4th May 2023**

**Venue for Interview: Whitby Registration Office**

Do you have a strong customer focus with
exceptional people skills? Do you have a good command of written and verbal
English? Are you experienced in admin and/or clerical duties? Are you
looking for a role that marks a milestone in someone’s life?

Our Registration Service is a statutory service delivered
by the Council on behalf of the Registrar General and the General Register
Office (GRO), which is part of the Home Office. Our main purpose is to
create accurate and timely records of all births, still-births, deaths,
marriages and civil partnerships occurring across North Yorkshire. We
also offer other services such as citizenship ceremonies, and non-statutory
civil ceremonies such as Renewal of Vows.

**The role**

As
our Ceremonies Assistant you will be responsible for providing a high quality,
prompt and professional service for the booking and organisation of statutory
and non-statutory ceremonies in North Yorkshire and contribute to the
development of such services in line with the Council’s corporate aims and
objectives. This is a non-customer facing role where communication with our
flexible and a mix of home and office working can be offered.

This
role offers you the opportunity for career development, and to train and
participate in some ceremonies.

You
will join a supportive team in the Whitby office. The working days are Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday; weekend ceremonies are voluntary and flexible and for
which you will receive an enhanced sessional payment. Ceremonies are not just
at the Registration Office, you may be required to perform ceremonies in any of
our approved venues, either way you will have a chance to be part of someone’s
special day.

**What you will bring**

You
will be confident, diplomatic with a good command of written and verbal English
with an accuracy of spelling. You must also be able to demonstrate a high
standard of professional service delivery and positive customer focus.
You must have experience of dealing with the general public,
preferably in a frontline service, with good communication and organisational
skills and the ability to deal with customers from all backgrounds, sometimes
in difficult situations. Attention to detail and accuracy are also vital in
this role.

**Working at North Yorkshire Council**

North
Yorkshire Council prides itself on being the biggest employer in North
Yorkshire as well as being the employer of choice. Our vision is for North
Yorkshire to be a thriving county which adapts to a changing world and remains
a special place for everyone to live, work and visit. We are a top-rated
authority and great changes are afoot to continue with the improvements that
have already transformed working within the council.

We
welcome and celebrate diversity and inclusion, and the strengths this brings to
our communities and workforce. We aim to provide excellent and efficient
local services enabling everyone to fulfil their potential, to do this we give
everyone equal access to services and job opportunities. We heavily invest in
the development of our employees, providing training and development to further
enhance their careers.

We
can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including continuous
professional development; flexible working hours; local government pension
scheme; salary sacrifice schemes and employee discount benefits.

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