We Are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as a Registration & Ceremonies Officer in Legal & Democratic Services
St Helens Register Office is looking to appoint a full time Registration and Ceremonies Officers to join the team.

Working full time in a professional customer-facing front line service, you will assist in providing a first-class registration service for St Helens, which fully meets the needs of its customers and therefore maximum flexibility applies.

Your duties will range from registering births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, taking notice of marriage and civil partnership and conducting ceremonies at the Register Office and Approved premises.

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, who can remain calm under pressure and has the ability to apply complex regulations in a sensitive and customer focused manner. Experience of delivering services directly to the public is essential and the successful candidate must be able to work effectively and flexibly in a busy front line office.

You will be based at St Helens Register Office but will be required to travel to marriage venues and other buildings within St Helens. Your working week will include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. You will also be required to work on call for faith burials and Registrar General Licence marriage or civil partnerships for which an additional allowance is paid when on rota.

The post is subject to a basic DBS check.

You would need to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.


Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
If you think this role is for you and would like to discuss the above post please contact Anne Atherton on 01744 673391
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.

NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan
Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.