Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages

Warwickshire County Council,

Warwickshire County Council’s Registration Service is committed to excellent customer service. Our aim is to continuously find ways to improve the way we do things to meet the needs of the people of Warwickshire and beyond. Our team provides a range of services including birth, stillbirth, and death registration, notice of marriage and civil partnership, copy certificates and citizenship. In addition, we conduct around 3,000 civil ceremonies a year, in both our own venues and 80 Licensed Venues and other unlicensed locations approved by the Registration Service

The Role

We are looking for a Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths to join our team to provide cover at our offices Countywide in Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford and Warwick. This post is offered on a zero-hour basis and we are unable to guarantee or predict any hours. As a Deputy Registrar you will register births, stillbirths, deaths, and marriages in accordance with current statute, regulation, and instruction.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

To be successful in this role you will need good administrative and customer service experience as well as a good standard of education. It’s important you have good communication skills both verbal and written, clear and neat handwriting and ability to work accuracy and excellent attention to detail. You will be used to working within a team as well as on your own initiative; be resilient, flexible, and able to work with people and confidential information with tact and diplomacy. In addition, it’s important you have good planning and organising skills, and are able to manage your time effectively and work under pressure. Good standard of ICT skills and the ability to travel throughout the county and willing to attend relevant training courses are also required.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification;

Registrar of Births, Deaths and Ceremonies

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

For further information about the role please contact:

Diane Lampard – T 01926 413734 / E dianelampard@warwickshire.gov.uk

Charlotte Matty - T 01926 413722 / E charlottematty@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 14th May 2026

Interview date: 21st May 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more