Funeral Service Operative - Aylesford, United Kingdom - Dignity Funerals

Dignity Funerals
Dignity Funerals
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Aylesford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Funeral Service Operative
Full-time, Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm including On Call requirements hours per week)

Westpoint Care Centre, Aylesford

Up to £21,805.17 per annum + on-call ancillary payments

Accruing 22-25 days holiday + bank holidays | Sick pay eligibility after 12-month qualifying period | Life assurance 2 x salary

At Dignity, we are proud to work in a unique industry. We succeed by helping people through difficult times with compassion, respect, openness and care.


We offer a range of challenging and rewarding roles for caring individuals across the funeral profession and we continually invest in our staff, premises and vehicles so that we can ensure clients and their loved ones receive the highest standard of care.

Every day, we want to exceed our customers' expectations, we aim to do this by persistently delivering excellent client service through the continued dedication of our people.

Dignity's brand-new Care Centre, Westpoint based in Aylesford Kent are looking for a dedicated, professional and empathetic individual to join our committed and collaborative team as a Mobile Funeral Service Operative


Our values:

Professional, Compassion, Respect & Knowledge form the basis of all our interactions and recognising this, you will be giving back to families in a critical time, whilst ensuring that their loved ones are treated with the utmost respect and dignity.

Alongside a highly collaborative, supportive team, we will give you the room to stretch and develop within the industry.

With both training and learning opportunities, our dedicated Learning and Development team and management team will ensure that you are delivered full training to confidently perform this role and will also promote your progression.

Alongside this, Dignity Plc really believes in our people, so you will also have access to a wide range of Mental and Financial Well-being tools, access to financial support and a broad range of benefits


What Will I Be Doing As A Mobile Funeral Service Operative?


As a Funeral Service Operative, you will be at the very heart and focal point of our business, persistently delivering consistently high levels of client services to the deceased and their families.


Some of our posts will require you to assist our on-call rota at night and the weekend, though this will be fully discussed with you throughout the recruitment process.


Other duties will include:

  • Preparing and ensuring the cleanliness of vehicles
  • Aid with bringing the deceased into our care
  • Being part of the funeral service by bearing the coffin and driving company vehicles
  • Assisting the Funeral Director with prefuneral checks including route planning and address checking.

What Do I Need?

  • A full UK driving licence
  • Good level of physical fitness, as this role will involve heavy lifting duties
  • The necessary documentation for a basic DBS, reference & driving licence check.
  • Pride in your appearance, ensuring you are always professional
  • A caring and empathetic nature
  • The determination to deliver excellent client services

Advantageous:


  • Previous experience in the industry, though this is not required, as full training will be provided.
Dignity Plc is an equal opportunity employer where we celebrate diversity across our business.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees; therefore, all our employment decisions are assessed based on qualifications, merit and business need.


Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement


Our Vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences.


We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and take decisive, informed and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.

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