Cemetery Operative

**Job Description**:
We Are St Helens Borough Council.
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Who we are
The Bereavement Services Team at St Helens Borough Council run two operational Cemeteries and a Crematorium. Our Operational Team of 3 Cemetery Operatives, 2 Crematorium Operatives and 2 Crematorium technicians support the team in providing all burial and cremation services. The Cemetery at St Helens has been a silver finalist in the Cemetery of the Year awards for the past 4 years, along with an APSE finalist for the best Service Team for the past two years.
Join our team
We are seeking two enthusiastic individuals with a desire to work within the Operational team in providing excellent bereavement services. The successful applicant will work as part of The Bereavement Services and Grounds Maintenance Team in providing a safe, peaceful, and pleasant environment for the bereaved and visitors. Experience of manual work and a good knowledge of Health and Safety and safe working practices is necessary, along with good frontline skills. Experience of driving a J C B Excavator is essential for this role.
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
From 23 to 32 days annual leave: linked to length of service and grade.
Additional Annual leave scheme: buy up to 10 days additional annual leave.
Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area.
Pension scheme available.
Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees and family.
Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.