Coroners Officer

Grade: F scp 17 £31,022 (PT £12,366) to scp 23 £34,434 (PT £13,727)
Contract: Permanent
Interview date: TBC
For further information about this role, contact: chris.walker@bolton.gov.uk
Positions: x5 Full time 37hrs and x1 Part Time 14h48m working Monday and Tuesday

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The Role
37hrs £31,022 to £34,434, 14h 48m £12,366 to £13,727, pay award pending
As a Coroner’s Officer, working as part of a team, you will investigate deaths on behalf of the Coroner. You will liaise closely with bereaved families, police, medical experts and legal professionals as you case manage referrals from initial report through to inquest. It’s a role that places you at the centre of complex, sensitive and often fast moving enquiries where your actions directly support the delivery of a timely, thorough and compassionate coronial service.

About You
You will have proven experience of an organised and methodical approach to managing your workload, be an effective communicator and a diligent and responsible individual who is flexible, enthusiastic and resilient as you will be working in an environment that exposes you to upsetting and confidential material. You will have excellent IT skills, a sound understanding of data protection and data sharing legislation. Medical and legal knowledge and understanding would be advantageous.

If this role is of interest to you, we would love to hear from you. Please provide a covering letter with responses to the following questions to support your CV.

1. Describe a time when you managed multiple competing priorities or deadlines simultaneously. What systems or approaches did you use, and what was the outcome?
2. Tell us about a situation where you faced a particularly challenging or distressing experience in a professional context. How did you manage this, and what did it teach you about yourself?
3. Give an example of a time you worked as part of a team to achieve a shared goal. What was your specific contribution and how did you handle any differences of opinion within the team?

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk