Senior Registration Officer / Senior Deputy Superintendent Registrar - Ref: EE00524

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Job Description

Senior Registration Officer / Senior Deputy Superintendent Registrar - Ref: EE00524

• Salary: G8 £34,834 - £39,186 per annum
• Contract: Full-time, permanent

Walsall Council is seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to join our team as a Senior Registration Officer / Senior Deputy Superintendent Registrar. This role is pivotal in delivering both statutory and non-statutory registration services within the Walsall Registration District.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively and flexibly with the Superintendent Registrar and lead officers to ensure high-quality service delivery and development of additional non statutory services
• Act as Senior Deputy Superintendent Registrar with expertise in all aspects of Registration.
• Advise, mentor, and develop team members without full line management responsibility.
• Lead on taking notices of marriage and civil partnership.
• Maintain and update all Registration systems.
• Co-ordinate ceremonies for the Walsall Registration Service.
• Conduct and register marriages and civil partnerships at the Register Office and Approved Premises.
• Assist in delivering group and private citizenship ceremonies at the Council House and in the Register Office.
• Handle applications for corrections to birth, death, and marriage registers.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a similar role within a registration service.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and develop staff.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing priorities.
• Commitment to providing excellent customer service.

View Job Description & Employee Specification

Closing date: 5th May 2024

Interviews will be scheduled for week commencing 20th May 2024

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for this role.

For further reasons to join us, please visit: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/employee-benefits.

About Us

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.

Living in Walsall

Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment.

To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

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