Area Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde Coroner Area

The Area Coroner will work closely with the Senior Coroner to provide judicial leadership to the coroner's team as well as conducting their own coronial investigations and inquests. The Area Coroner is the nominated deputy for the Senior Coroner when the Senior Coroner is absent. The Area Coroner will be expected on occasion to be available out of hours.

Blackpool Council is looking for an exceptional candidate with excellent proven organisational, management and efficiency skills, as well as experience of exercising sound judgement and communicating effectively. In this role, you will work closely with the Senior Coroner and Local Authority manager to ensure value for money, performance and financial efficiencies. Collaborative working with the Senior Coroner, Local Authority, Police and other stakeholders is essential., The vacancy for this post has been notified to the Chief Coroner and Lord Chancellor (as required by statute).

You will be required to demonstrate knowledge and experience of coronial law and of basic medicine, have proven skills in conducting investigations and an understanding of court procedures. You will also need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills necessary to deal with sensitive situations.

It is desirable that the successful candidate has proven experience of running or sharing the running of a coronial jurisdiction including carrying out investigations, case management and conducting inquests., The successful candidate will be a barrister or a solicitor or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and satisfy the judicial-appointment eligibility condition which means they will have five years of experience whilst holding that qualification. They will be under the age of 75, have experience of working as an assistant coroner or area coroner and be subject to the appointment and eligibility conditions within the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (s.23 and Schedule 3).