Ceremony Registrars (Celebrant and Recording Officers) bei Cornwall Council

We are now hiring Ceremony Registrars for the 2026 wedding season.

The Service & Team:

The registration service attends more than 3,000 civil weddings and civil partnerships every year. Cornwall is a premier wedding destination, and we are looking for people with a flexible approach to working to join our busy ceremony team. 

Couples can hold their ceremony at a variety of venues such as registration offices, castles, stately homes, vineyards, working farms, rustic barns as well as subtropical gardens, wildlife sanctuaries and traditional Cornish engine houses. 

We have a number of positions available for Ceremony Registrars: Celebrants and Recording Officers to register weddings across Cornwall.  For an insight into the roles listen to what our Ceremony Registrars have to say on our website:  Careers in Registration - Cornwall Council

The role:

• Starting Hourly rate: Celebrant: £15.92      Recording officer: £13.84
• Ceremony Work is seasonal.  April to October being the main wedding season. 
• Ceremonies are allocated on a monthly basis, however there is no guarantee of work each week other than 3 hours per month for administration purposes

Working Pattern:

We ask all candidates to share their availability over a 28-day period. You can choose how many days per week you’re available, but we do have a few minimum requirements:

• At least 8 days of availability within each 28-day period
• Some weekday & weekend availability 
• Between May and September, you must be available for at least 3 out of every 4 Saturdays

This flexibility allows you to choose what works best for you, while helping us plan effectively.

Positions available:

• Celebrant
  • Helston
  • Penzance
     
• Recording Officer
  • Bodmin
  • Camborne
  • Liskeard
  • Newquay
  • Penzance
  • Saltash (currently based at Liskeard)
  • St Austell

What you’ll need to succeed:

We are looking for individuals who demonstrate:

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with a confident, tactful, and empathetic approach to working with the public.
• A professional demeanour and appearance, suitable for a customer-facing role.
• The ability to be proactive and exercise sound judgement, while working within a legal and procedural framework.
• Strong IT proficiency, with confidence in using digital systems and tools.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• A flexible approach to working hours and locations, adapting to the needs of the service.
• The ability to travel independently, including to remote venues not accessible by public transport.
• This is a public-facing role, and therefore the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

In Addition, Celebrants must:

• Be confident public speaker, capable of engaging and energising a room of people or wedding guests.
• Have the ability to tailor a script to reflect a couple’s unique preferences and personalities.
• Be skilled in coordinating and managing the flow of ceremonies/events, ensuring a smooth and memorable experience.

Full training and support is provided to successful candidates.

Apply now to be part of our wonderful My Cornwall Wedding family, delivering ceremonies at some of the most amazing venues in Cornwall.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profiles are attached below. We recommend saving a copy of them to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

• Ceremony Registrar (Celebrant)
• Ceremony Registrar (Recording Officer)

For an informal chat about the role telephone please contact:

• Helen Tanner – Area Operations Manager (East) – 07514 723406
• Gillian Cain – Area Operations Manager (West) – 07955 436348

Application Process

Please state on your application which role and location you are applying for.

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

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