Registration Officer

Job Introduction The Registration Service is responsible for the delivery of all civil registration functions across Northumberland, ensuring the relevant statutory functions and obligations are provided in accordance with legislation. This includes the registration of births, deaths, stillbirths, marriage, and civil partnerships; as well as taking notices of marriage and civil partnerships, ceremony provision, citizenship and nationality and other associated registration duties.

With approximately 2,000 ceremonies delivered annually across 70 Approved Premises in the county, weddings and civil partnerships are a significant part of our business. In addition, the service will register over 3,000 births and 3,000 deaths annually, as well as produce over 20,000 copy certificates.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join the Northumberland Registration Service who can provide a first-class, customer focused service to the residents of Northumberland and be part of a team which consists of 20 permanent members of staff, plus 32 casual members of staff.

The post will be based at County Hall, Morpeth and Fenkle Street, Alnwick.

Throughout 2020, the service has embraced new and agile ways of working and officers may be required to work from any Northumberland County Council base, from Approved Premises across the county, as well as working from home when appropriate.

This is an exciting time for the service with work currently in progress at a national level to transform Registration Services. In addition, recent changes made locally have seen part of the service move into new offices at County Hall, Morpeth and be co-located with the Coroner Service and new court facilities.

Key responsibilities include registering births, deaths, still births, marriages and civil partnerships and undertaking duties relating to legal civil preliminaries for marriage and civil partnership. You would also be required to conduct and register civil ceremonies, ensuring these duties are undertaken lawfully.

A '5 days over 6 days' working pattern applies to this post and a minimum of 20 days per annum will be worked on a Saturday. In addition, there will be a requirement to work on Sundays and Bank Holidays on a rota basis.

The post holder may be required to attend work at short notice on occasions. Applicants must be able to meet the transport requirement of the post.

Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:

- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme (if applicable) - up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, flexible working, term-time only and compressed hours
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available
- Staff networks - run by staff, for staff, providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development e.g. Apprenticeship, Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mental Wellbeing, Racial Equality

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