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In this role you'll be delivering the best end of life care, support and client experience through the arrangement and delivery of funerals, memorialisation, and aftercare services. You will be the point of contact for clients as you support them throughout the process of making funeral and memorial choices. You'll recognise the importance of understanding their individual wishes when organising a personal and unique tribute to their loved one.

Working hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 or 10:00 - 16:00

Funeral Service Operatives

In this role you'll be delivering the best end of life care, support, and experience to the deceased and their families at their time of need. You'll assist in the smooth delivery of funerals, from collection, transportation, and preparation of the deceased, through to driving our vehicles and acting as a conductor or bearer at funeral services. This is a physically and emotionally demanding role, that also calls for an empathetic and compassionate approach with an ability to remain resilient under pressure.

You must have a full, clean UK driving license for both manual and automatic vehicles. For vehicle fleet insurance purposes you must be over 25.

Are you seeking a truly rewarding role? Are you an individual who is extremely passionate about building relationships, helping people, and delivering great service?

We're an independent Co-op, operating across the south of England running convenience food stores, funeral homes, crematoria, natural/woodland burial grounds and a Starbucks coffee franchise. We're owned by our 200,000+ members, have over 4,000 colleagues and a purpose of working together for the benefit of our communities. We have a commitment to sustainable business and a promise to provide a fair, fresh approach, for all. Become part of the family who are proud to serve local communities and put people first.

If you're successful in your application, we'll need to perform a DBS (disclosure and barring service). This is to ensure Southern Co-op Funerals are compliant with the NAFDs Funeral Director code.

31 days of annual leave (incl bank holidays) increasing to a maximum of 36 days after 10 years' service

-20% discount in stores

-Healthcare cash plan

-Share incentive plan

-NEST pension

-Opportunities to develop your skills through apprenticeships and our own in-house training & development programmes