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SalaryPost No. POSN003479 - Coroners Officer
- Job Title: HM Coroner’s Officer
- Job Location: Gwent Coroner’s Service, Newport
- Salary: Grade 8 £35,745 - £39,186
- Hours per week: 37.00
- Pattern of Work: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 11.02.2024
Newport City Council is the relevant authority for the Gwent Coroner’s Service. We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated individual to join our team delivering a key frontline service on behalf of HM Senior Coroner. As a Coroner’s Officer, you will play a crucial role supporting the service in conducting investigations into deaths and providing assistance to bereaved families. This position requires exceptional attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and the ability to handle sensitive and challenging situations with empathy and professionalism. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in conducting investigations, collating evidence, and producing reports.
Coroner’s Officers will deal with people at a time of traumatic grief and some aspects of the position may be distressing owing to the nature of investigating deaths.
If you are passionate about providing support to bereaved families and have the necessary skills and qualifications, we invite you to apply before midnight on the closing date of 11.02.2024. Interviews will take place at Newport Civic Centre, week commencing 04.03.2024.
An ability to understand, speak and write in Welsh would be an advantage.
Please note: Applicants will be required to undertake Police Security Vetting checks as part of the recruitment process. Applicants will be required to declare any criminal convictions/investigations as part of the process.
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from the minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.
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