Registration Assistant

You will be responsible for assisting individuals with marriage registrations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legal requirements.

Do you have strong organisational skills and key attention to detail?

Do you have a passion for helping individuals navigate important life events?, The ideal applicant will have experience of working within an administration environment, with good communication and IT skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Delivering good customer service will be key to success in this role, as you will need be confident face to face, liaising with couples and their guests at ceremony venues around the County.

If you have excellent literacy skills, attention to detail, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

You will be trained to deliver dual roles of both the legal registration of a marriage and conducting legal Civil Marriage ceremonies.

You will deal with all customer enquiries, providing specialist advice, support, and excellent customer service to members of the public wishing to use the service.

Through joining our motivated, public value-focussed, specialist service, you can enjoy a purposeful career and contribute to the provision of a high-quality civil registration service to the residents of West Sussex and the wider public!, We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool available.

Successful candidates will need to attend training days which will take place on 03 June and 04 June at Crawley Register Office.

Working For Us

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

• A excellent local government pension scheme


• volunteering opportunities


• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring


• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)


• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans