Bereavement Officer Derby, England
Job description
Directorate: Communities and Place
Hours: 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Markeaton Crematorium
A rare opportunity has arisen for a full time Bereavement Officer within Bereavement Services based at Markeaton Crematorium. The role will involve booking of funeral services, administration of statutory paperwork for burials and cremations, post cremation memorial sales, and occasional chapel duties during funeral services. The role involves working closely with professional service users and bereaved families. The need to work with care, compassion, dignity and upmost professionalism at all times is essential.
An ambition to strive for excellence in meeting the needs of service users and a can do attitude will be the characteristics of the successful candidate...
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact:
Glynn Jones, Bereavement Services Operations Manager
Email: [email protected]
Sheena Ratcliffe, Bereavement Services Manager,
email: [email protected]
CLOSING DATE: Midnight on Friday 6th October 2023
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. For reasons connected with a particular need of the Council it may be appropriate, subject to approval, to appoint to a higher point in the pay grade.
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