Cemetry Worker

Description

Cemetery Worker

Salary: Grade 5 £29,064 - £32,061 (bar at £31,022) per annum pro rata

Permanent: Various

About The Role:

Working Hours: 35 Hours per week (Weekend working required on a rota basis)Contract Type: Full-Time, PermanentAdditional Payments: 6.7% Flexibility PaymentClosing time: 11:59 pmClosing Date: 16th of October 2025 Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)

This role is subject to:

Medical Clearance – Pre-placement health assessment (PPHA).Driving Licence – The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle adhering to council regulations.

Bereavement Services deliver in the region of 3,000 burial and cremation services each year in our client’s five cemeteries and one crematorium. The Cemetery Worker role sits within the Infrastructure Team which provides cemetery and crematorium management and delivery of the burial and cremation services and grounds maintenance function for five cemeteries within Bereavement Services.

The Cemetery Worker role covers all duties relating to burials, cremations, grounds maintenance, horticulture and memorial safety testing, across a number of sites. Cemetery Workers are expected to undertake all duties as required by the service and will be expected to work as required at any of the five sites.

The role holder will be required to understand and keep up to date with our client’s policies, and legislation and procedures that are specific to the role, and to undertake necessary training and development regularly to ensure they are compliant. The role holder will also be expected to support the training and development of new staff.

Cemetery Workers will support service delivery in relation to the following tasks, ensuring duties are carried out in the most efficient way, and that the service is delivered and maintained to a high standard:

Preparing graves for burials and supporting burial services.Operating cremators and carrying out the full cremation process.Carrying out a variety of grounds maintenance and horticultural duties.Providing front of house crematorium chapel duties.Undertaking tasks relating to memorial safety testing.

The post holder will provide a sensitive, professional and tactful service to a range of customers which will include Funeral Directors and bereaved families, and should be able to communicate with sympathy, sensitivity, tact and professionalism.

The role requires the post holder to drive fleet vehicles and operate drive on and manual equipment and machinery such as diggers, mowers and power tools. The role holder will be required to hold a clean driving license.

Ad ID: 5417253649