Deputy Registrar

There is currently a requirement to work 80 hours per year as contractual overtime to cover Saturday ceremonies booked to take place at Milldam House, licenced venues, and churches within the City of Portsmouth. These hours are worked on a rota basis, working one in four Saturday's during each month. During the months of April to September this is likely to increase to two in four Saturdays. These 80 hours are in addition to the set 37 hours worked on a weekly basis and are reviewed annually and may therefore fluctuate from one year to another. There will also be occasional additional weekend work on Sundays and Bank Holidays as requested to cover ceremony duties. These are on a voluntary basis and not included in the 80 hours contractual overtime requirement. The successful candidate will be prepared to train as a Deputy Superintendent Registrar which will allow the officer to conduct marriage/civil partnership ceremonies and private citizenship ceremonies.

You will have experience of working in a front-line customer service role, within the registration service is desirable. As well as excellent accuracy, an attention to detail and neat handwriting, you will be patient, tactful and empathetic as you will be dealing with people who may be in a highly emotional state in sometimes difficult situations. You will also have the ability to understand and apply complex legislation and be able to work on your own as there will be times when you are working with limited supervision.

Salary: Band: 5, £24,362 - £26,073 per annum (pro rata) plus contractual overtime Hours: 37 hours per week plus 80 hours per annum contractual overtime (weekend working) Portsmouth City Council At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. Your New Role Working in the Portsmouth Register Office you will be registering births, deaths, stillbirths, civil partnerships, and marriages. You will be responsible for preparing certificates for members of the public and making appointments for people to come to the office to register births, deaths, stillbirths and to give notice of marriages and civil partnerships. The role also involves the duty of taking notices of marriage and civil partnership., We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working hours.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council