Relief Ceremony Officer

What will you be doing?

Working with customers at life changing and emotional times requires a sensitive approach, enhanced organisational skills and excellent communication and presentation skills to small and large groups.  These are team roles that require confidence, presentation skills, clear legible handwriting, IT skills and the highest attention to detail.  Previous experience is desirable; however, full training and support will be given. 

About you

You will: 

• Have the ability to use your own initiative (within set legal parameters) 

• Have the ability to work accurately under pressure 

• Possess excellent communication and digital skills 

• Be able to work with and appreciate the diverse and inclusive nature of the role 

• Be able to deliver a customer focused service 

• Have the ability to travel to and from over 80 various venues across Cambridgeshire 

Salary scale is currently £14.36 per hour with enhanced rates for Saturdays (x 1.5), Sunday (x 1.78) and Bank Holidays (x 2).   

These posts do not provide a regular monthly income, payment is claimed for the hours worked and income will vary from month to month and likely decrease during the winter when we have fewer ceremonies.   

As a Ceremony Officer you would ideally be available to work some weekdays, 2 or 3 Saturdays per month, along with occasional Sundays and Bank Holidays.  The work pattern is variable with a high demand for ceremonies in the summer months, particularly weekends. 

Shortlisting will take place 3rd December 2024 and interviews will take place on 9th December in Cambridge, please allow 2-3 hours  

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Claire Norman 01223 714663 or Kirsty Webb 07391 730800

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers