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Bereavement Services Officer
Islington & St Pancras Cemetery
£22/hr
Start date: ASAP
Full Time: Mon - Fri Office Based - 35/hrs a week
PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION
To work as part of a team in the provision of comprehensive support functions to the Cemetery Service, ensuring the provision of continuous administrative processes that deliver a high quality, customer focused burial and cremation service.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Undertake cemetery, cremation and memorial administration tasks ensuring all work processes and procedures are followed.
- Provide a customer reception service and telephone answering service in the main office or other location as directed.
- Advise customers on all aspects of cemetery, cremation and memorial enquiries including burial rights, grants, permits, cemetery and crematorium regulations and codes of practice.
- Liaise with members of the public and funeral directors in the arrangements for grave selections, memorial appointments and the disposal of cremated remains.
Duties
- Meet with families and assist them in selecting a memorial in accordance with their needs.
- Assist in selling cemetery and cremation memorials such as vaults, mausoleum and sanctums and follow up any income opportunities that may arise from memorial enquiries
- Undertake tasks relating to enforcing memorial regulations policy across all sites, including meeting face to face with families that are affected.
- Carry out all administration relating to memorial infringements ensuring records are kept updated, actions documented and areas monitored.
- Coordinate with the cemetery operations team in the removal of infringements and the reinstatement of the grounds afterwards.
- A bility to drive .
