Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
We are looking to recruit a Registration Officer to work in our busy and high-profile, award-winning Registration Service. The duties will comprise all aspects of civil registration including the registration of births, deaths, and marriages as well as conducting ceremonies of marriage and civil partnership at hotels and stately homes at weekends, evenings and on Bank Holidays to meet the needs of the Service.
Organisation Cheshire East Council Location Crewe Job Category Legal and Governance Grade CEC NJC - Grade 6 Salary Min £28,598 per annum Salary Max £31,022 per annum Hours per week 37 Weeks per year 52.143 Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 09/11/2025 Ref No E3308 Documents
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Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Cheshire East Registration Service
Deputy Registration Officer
37 hours per week
Grade 6 £28,598 - £31,022
We are looking to recruit a Registration Officer to work in our busy and high-profile, award-winning Registration Service. The duties will comprise all aspects of civil registration including the registration of births, deaths, and marriages as well as conducting ceremonies of marriage and civil partnership at hotels and stately homes. Whilst the post is based at The Register Office, Crewe, the successful candidate will be required to work at locations throughout Cheshire East. Therefore, the unrestricted use of a car is required.
The successful candidate must be available to work as part of our award-winning team attending marriages and civil partnerships at weekends, evenings and on Bank Holidays to meet the needs of the Service. They should also be able to demonstrate excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills and have experience of working in a regulated environment. The post requires the ability to deal with a wide variety of people from different social and ethnic backgrounds, and the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate outstanding skills in these areas.
The Registration Service uses bespoke software, for which training will be given, and proficiency in Microsoft Office is essential.
Interviews to be held 19-20 November at the Municipal Buildings, Crewe. During the interview there will also be assessment tasks.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.
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