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.
Making A Difference as A Cemetery Operative in the Place Directorate.

Experience of manual work, a good knowledge of Health & Safety principals and safe working practices is essential. Frontline skills and good customer care is also necessary, as you will need to liaise with Funeral Directors, Stone Masons, the Friends Group an members of the public. You should also be able to communicate well with the bereaved and colleagues.
You should be flexible and approachable, be able to demonstrate initiative to improve the service provided to the bereaved, be able to work to tight deadlines, follow written procedures and complete day to day paperwork, and be a team player. A full driving licence is essential.
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Equality & Diversity

St Helens 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.