Coroner's Officer

CEMP; East Devon; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local county council in East Devon is seeking a full-time Coroner's Officer to investigate death reports, liaising with families and agencies. This permanent position requires excellent communication and organizational skills to handle cases sensitively and professionally. The successful candidate will work in a high-pressure environment, ensuring all necessary information is ready for court. Benefits include a competitive salary, generous holidays, and financial incentives such as a local government pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Financial benefits and employee discounts

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Must be able to deal with the public sensitively during difficult times.
• Resilience to cope with potentially distressing situations.
• Ability to prioritise and manage cases in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Investigate reports of deaths and liaise with bereaved families.
• Compile reports and inquest files for H.M. Coroner.
• Manage cases to ensure all required information is prepared for court.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Sensitivity and professionalism

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Coroner's Officer | 9352 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £37,280 - £39,152 per annum | Scale I | Norwich The County Council is responsible for ensuring that the Senior Coroner has the resources and support to deliver an excellent Coroners service for the people of Norfolk. The Senior Coroner and Area Coroners are supported by Coroners Officers, who undertake the investigation of cases and by a team of administrative staff. We are seeking a full time Coroners Officer on a permanent contract.

Reporting to the Senior Coroners Officer, you will receive and investigate reports of deaths, liaise with bereaved families, doctors, pathologists, investigating officers and external agencies to produce reports and inquest files on behalf of H.M Coroner.

You will need to be able to deal with the public, during a difficult time for them, sensitively and professionally and be able to use your own initiative. You will be required to manage your cases in a timely manner to ensure cases are ready for court, working with instruction from the Coroner to compile all required information. With excellent communication skills, you will need to be organised, prioritising your workload to complete tasks to strict deadlines. Working confidentially is essential in the sensitive environment of the Coroners Service. The resilience to cope with situations and material of a potentially distressing nature is required, along with the ability to work in a high‑pressured environment.

Based at the Coroners Office in County Hall, Norwich, this is an exciting opportunity to join a busy team in a key role supporting the operations of the Senior Coroner for Norfolk.

If you would like an informal chat about the role, call Katy Hodgkins (Senior Coroners Officer) on 01603 774773.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast‑track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi‑time, part‑time, remote and hybrid working dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • Norfolk Rewards our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants pensions.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra‑low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 5th December 2025 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 14th December 2025 at 23:59

Interviews will be held on the 9th January 2026