Job Description

Salary

Grade 6 - 27,269 - 30,060

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Fixed Term

Job category/type

Legal

Job reference

REQAA6268



We have an opportunity for a Senior Coroner's Clerk to join our join Coroners Service between Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.. The Coroners Service is based at County Hall in Pembrokeshire. Some home working is permitted, depending on the needs of the service.



About you:



We are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Clerk for a fixed term of 12 months (Maternity Cover) to assist the current Senior Clerks, Coroner's Officers and the Coroner.



Joining our team in Pembrokeshire will provide many opportunities for you to bring new ideas, develop professionally, and to contribute directly to the service to promote a culture of continuous improvement, reflection and learning.



The role will be to provide professional, high quality administration support to the Senior Coroner and his Team who are responsible for investigating any sudden, violent, suspicious or unnatural deaths within Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.



We provide a supportive working structure across all of our teams, ensuring you have all you need to perform to the best of your abilities, whilst doing a job you love.



About Pembrokeshire:



With its breath-taking scenery, coastal lifestyle and a range of leisure activities, Pembrokeshire has a lot to offer; and so do we. As well as a supportive management team, the following is just a taster of the range of benefits of joining the PCC team:


Generous Annual Leave of up to 26 days. Membership of the Local Government 'career average' defined benefit pension scheme. Flexible and agile working options. A wide range of resources to support your health and wellbeing, including a professional in-house occupational health service and access to counselling services. Access to employee discounts on a range of products, services and attractions including leisure centres. Salary sacrifice car and cycle schemes.




For further details and an informal chat please contact Kelly Byrne, Legal Services Manager on 01437 775122 or Kelly.Byrne@pembrokeshire.gov.uk.

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.



Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.



Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.



This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk. Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023. Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English