Grounds Person - London, United Kingdom - Crematoria & Memorial Group

Crematoria & Memorial Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Groundsperson
Permanent / Full-time

South London Crematorium / Streatham

40 hours per week (Monday

Friday 08:00 am 17:00 with 1hour break)

£27,144.00 per annum + Company Benefits

Accruing 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.

South London Crematorium was opened in 1936 on the site of Streatham Park Cemetery.
South London Crematorium is looking for a compassionate, dedicated individual to join our team as a Groundsperson, to manage the day-to-day maintenance of the Crematorium & Cemetery grounds

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 Groundsperson?

As a Groundsperson, you will be carrying out a full range of gardening & horticultural tasks, including building new gardens and maintaining a high-quality environment.

Other duties will include:

Take care of the grounds, keeping them maintained and presentable
Supporting the creation of memorial gardens and plots to client specification
Make sure graves are dug appropriately for the deceased and maintain graves as needed for the friends and family of the deceased
Dealing with visitors' enquiries
Construct, place, fix memorials and subsequently maintain them to the highest standard
Clear the grounds, paths and roadways of litter
Operate the cremators and ancillary equipment in accordance with manufacturers guidelines (Full training will be provided)
Input & maintain records on computers to comply with industry regulations
Ensure the safe custody of ashes in the care of the crematorium

What Do I Need?

Horticultural/Gardening/landscaping experience is preferred.
Willingness to learn, develop your skills and undertake training courses
Experience in operating mechanical gardening equipment is advantageous, although training can be provided for this
Is comfortable with manual handling tasks
Excellent attention to detail is essential
Good communication skills
Comfortable working in a team or carrying out tasks by yourself

Advantageous:

Previous experience in the industry, though this is not required, as full training will be provided.

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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.

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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.