REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS (Unclassified)
Registrar of Vital Statistics is an unclassified role, so it is appointed at the discretion of the hiring authority and does not carry the usual exam-and-tenure track.
It asks for 3 years of relevant experience.
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Registrar of Vital Statistics is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Examples of work
- Develops the procedures for obtaining prompt and accurate-reports of births, marriages and deaths.
- Passes upon the certificates and other forms used in reporting births, marriages and deaths.
- Makes needed statistical compilations and organizes such calculations in the form of the tables.
- Studies the reporting of births, marriages and deaths for the purpose of checking the completeness and accuracy of the reports and the means of improving registrations.
- Issues certified copies of birth, marriages and death records. Collects fees therefore and accounts for the money collected. Determines the manner in which records and files are to be kept.
- Addresses groups interested in the reporting and compilation of births, marriages, and deaths.
Experience
Three years of clerical experience.
Knowledge
Thorough knowledge of the laws relating to the reporting and registration of births, marriages and deaths.
Of giving correct information to varied types of inquirers.
Of the statistical methods to be used in compiling sound and informative reports from the data collected.
Of the establishment and maintenance of a needed system of reports and records and general files over a long period of years.
<b>ABILITY</b>
Ability to read, write, speak; understand or communicate in. English sufficiently, to perform the duties of the position. Communication may include such forms as American Sign Language or braille.
Ability to analyze the laws relating to the reporting and registration of births, marriages and deaths and apply them to specific cases.
To establish a simple and effective system of records of births, marriages, and deaths.
To handle correspondence with numerous and varied types of inquires and to devise suitable forms.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the lob after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations: If the accommodation cannot be made-because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.