Bereavement Services Manager

Tameside's Operations and Greenspace Service is seeking to recruit a Bereavement Services Manager. Reporting to the Head of Operations and Greenspace you will be responsible for the direct management of the administration team and for providing support to both the crematorium and cemetery operational teams. You will be responsible for a range of administration and financial duties including overseeing statutory functions and budgeting. Leading key projects aimed at continuous improvement and ensuring the delivery of a first-class Bereavement Service.

Part of your role will also be advising the Executive Cabinet and Senior Leadership Team on all matters relating to service processes and improvements.

Are you experienced in working in Bereavement Services? Do you have the skills needed to meet the challenge of leading and managing our Cemeteries and Crematorium service?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to join our Senior Leadership Team and lead our highly skilled Bereavement Team.

We are looking for a key player in a team that values excellence, compassion, and continuous improvement who can juggle a busy workload and the responsibilities involved in managing the team while fostering a culture that reflects our values and puts people first.

Join us in making a difference in our community by leading a service that supports families and individuals during their most challenging times., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.