Join Our Team as a Ceremonies Officer at Bury Council

Are you enthusiastic about providing excellent customer service and ensuring vital records are accurate? If so, we invite you to join our Registration Service team at Bury Council as a Ceremonies Officer.


What You'll Be Doing:

  • Working on our busy ceremony programme, registering, or conducting statutory ceremonies at our registration office or at our external approved venues or sometimes in religious buildings; all premises you attend will be within the boundary of Bury Council.


Our Ideal Applicant Will:


  • Have experience of conducting and Registering Marriages and Civil Partnerships.
  • Have experience of Conducting Citizenship ceremonies.
  • Have excellent customer service skills, putting the customer at the heart of every conversation.
  • Be organised and have good time management when completing tasks.
  • Possess strong digital skills to create and maintain accurate records promptly.
  • Be a confident communicator, able to deal with a wide range of customers; you will be able to remain personable whilst asking technical questions and operating within a stringent legal framework. Full training on our processes will be provided to equip you with the necessary knowledge.


These roles are one hundred annualised hours contracts, meaning you will work your hours over the year, but the hours you work each week will vary depending on demand but will involve working Saturdays Sundays and Bank Holidays. The annual salary will be pro-rata. Work patterns are agreed in advance in accordance with the needs of the service but caveat that there may be occasions when the officer is required to work outside of this pattern.

You will need to work a minimum of 100 hours per year with opportunity to work more.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way


Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Hadyn Keenan on h.w.keenan@bury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on Saturday 25th April

Supporting Documents

↗ Privacy Notice
↗ Ceremonies Officer Person Specification
↗ Ceremonies Officer Job Description

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Location

Knowsley Street, , Bury, BL9 0SW, United Kingdom

Job ID

11973