Casual Civil Ceremonies Celebrant

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

Your hours will be worked subject to the needs of the service and of your place of work and will include an average of 3 Saturdays and 1 Sunday per month and occasional Bank holidays and some evening work, including during weekends and bank holidays.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’. 

Our Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, customer focused award winning team as a deputy registrar. Halton Registration Service strives to offer a high quality, efficient and modern registration service to all its customers across the Borough of Halton.

Your Contributions:

• To undertake the full range of duties in connection with the registration of civil and religious marriages and civil partnerships in the Register Office, approved premises and registered buildings across the Borough of Halton.
• To provide comprehensive advice to customers to promote informed customer choice, with due regard to the Council’s Customer Care and Equal Opportunities policies.
• To officiate as a celebrant at other non-statutory ceremonies throughout the Borough of Halton
• Responsible for the safe keeping and return of marriage or civil partnership schedules or marriage documents.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements
• Car leasing schemes

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Anita Naughton (Principal Registrar) on 0151 511 7711 or e-mail anita.naughton@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on 9 April 2025

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!