T L Cobbold Funeral Directors endeavour to provide the highest standards in funeral care, raising the bar and delivering uncompromising quality. We support all of the local families in our community of St Neots with advice and guidance, doing everything we can to help make a difficult time a little bit easier.

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.

T L Cobbold Funeral Directors are looking for a dedicated, professional and empathetic individual to join our committed and collaborative team as a 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 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 pre-funeral 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.

What are the next steps?

If you are interested in learning more about Dignity Plc, please feel free to visit our website atDignity Funeral Directors: Funeral Services & Prepaid Funeral Plans (dignityfunerals.co.uk). Alternatively, to be considered for this role, please submit your application via the apply button, where a member of our resourcing team will review your application.

As an active and proud member of The Circle Back Initiative, we aim to ensure that all candidates receive a response and are treated with the same level of dignity as our customers. We will be receiving applications until 11/06/2022 though Dignity Plc retains the right to close this vacancy early without prior notification, so it is advisable to complete your application at the earliest opportunity