Civil Ceremony Co-ordinator
| Posting date: | 02 December 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 January 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RN |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4263 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Anstey Frith House, County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield LE3 8RN
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £25,998 - £27,273 per annum
Working Hours: 37hrs a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 10th December 2024
Interview Date(s): Thursday 19th December 2024
The Leicestershire Registration Service is looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual to join our ceremony team which helps people celebrate some of life's most important milestones.
About the Role
Leicestershire Registration Service registers births, deaths and marriages, along with other services such as Citizenship ceremonies, for the people of Leicestershire. We have seven offices across the county, with our administrative base being Anstey Frith House in Glenfield.
We perform over two and a half thousand civil ceremonies a year in six offices and over 60 Approved Venues, and you will be integral in the organisation and preparation of these ceremonies.
This rewarding, varied role includes taking bookings over the phone, chasing payments and paperwork as well as performing both roles at civil marriages and civil partnerships. Comprehensive training will be provided.
There is an opportunity to be added to our ceremony staffing rota throughout the year, with the potential of earning overtime.
This post has statutory responsibilities and certain statutory disqualifications apply. More information available upon request.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Experience in an administrative role - in particular, a role where customer service was a main responsibility.
- Experience of working in a role where there are large amounts of regulation and legislative procedures.
- Be computer literate – especially a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
- Possess excellent communication skills – especially be able to present as authoritative and knowledgeable.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy skills – both verbal and written
- Experience of time management – dealing with conflicting priorities etc.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Jamie Ball-Gamble, Registration Area Manager
Telephone: 0116 3051171
Email: jamie.ball-gamble@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.
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