Cemetery Team Member

8 months ago

Reading, United Kingdom Reading Borough Council Full time

Job description

We are seeking a Cemetery Team Member to join our passionate team, who takes pride in their work, to ensure we provide a peaceful and dignified resting place for families loved ones. Our cemetery is a place of solace, reflection, and remembrance, and we are committed to upholding the highest standards of care and respect.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

**About the role**

You will be based at Henley Road Cemetery & Crematorium Office, All Hallows Road, Reading, RG4 5LP but the role covers all cemeteries under the control of Reading Borough Council.

You will strive to ensure the day-to-day ground’s maintenance is completed to the highest standard. Ensuring all graves are dug and well presented for burial services. Have a polite and courteous manner when dealing with visitor enquiries.

Main duties include:

- To perform the duties involved in grounds maintenance as indicated on service schedules to ensure that the appearance and maintenance of the cemetery grounds are to specified standard.
- Carry out equipment is maintenance, repaired, cleaned, and replaced.
- To perform the duties involved in digging of graves - mechanical or by hand - dressing of graves and subsequent filling arrangements, leaving the grave tidy and presentable.
- To perform the duties involved in the exhumation of graves, as required.
- To maintain floral areas and garden areas
- To undertake relevant activities in support of memorialisation options offered by the service.
- To assist with memorial safety checks.
- Be a team player by contributing to and actively participating in team meeting and service improvements.
- To perform and assist with duties involved with cremation
- To carry out Service Attendant duties as and when required
- To assist in traffic management for large funerals, as and when required

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
**Work Together as one team** - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

**Drive Efficiency** - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

**Be Ambitious** - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

**Make a Difference to Reading** - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

**About you**

You will be expected to work well in a team and outdoors in all weathers. You will have a sense of achievement, be well organised and be able to adopt a practical approach to tasks given.

The ability to work unsupervised and project manage your area of work is essential to deliver results under pressure and within tight deadlines and objectives. Attention to detail to ensure duties are carried out with the accuracy and quality is also required.

You’ll also be asked to work some weekends and evenings; this will be on a rota basis and be flexible to adjust working hours to meet operational demands if required.

The following will also help you to hit the ground running:

- Experience of using a range of grounds based equipment such as strimmer’s, mowers.
- Worked within a Cemetery environment or open spaces location
- Experience of grave digging would be advantageous (training provided)
- Experience of completing basic maintenance on equipment
- Experience of dealing with the public face-to-face, as well as dealing with a variety of stakeholder organisations.
- Must be of tidy appearance when required to meet members of the public,

**Our offer**

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
- A wide range of flexible working opportunities
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