Funeral Director & Celebrant
| Posting date: | 02 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,000 to £40,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Poole, South West, BH16 6AN |
| Company: | Mploy Staffing Solutions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 53493252 |
Summary
Do you have an empathetic and compassionate outlook? Looking for a vocation of putting others first and serving families in need of emotional support? Would you describe yourself as a strong administrator who could officiate a funeral? Yes? We would like to hear from you.
Mploy Staffing Solutions Ltd is looking for a permanent Funeral Director & Celebrant to join our highly valued client in Poole, Dorset.
Why should you be interested? Our client is offering:
- a salary of £29,000 to £40,000 PA, subject to experience/interview performance.
- permanent full-time work, 40 hours per week with hours of 0800hrs to 1630hrs, Monday to Friday. Expect to work 1 Saturday in 6 & to carry an ‘on-call’ phone 1 evening in 3 (1630hrs to 0800hrs).
- 28 days holiday PA, including bank holidays.
- a generous company pension where our client pays the full 8% workplace contribution. Expect savings equivalent of £1,450 to £2,000 PA, salary dependant.
- varied work within a caring and supportive environment.
- a commutable location, a 15-minute drive from central Poole with free parking.
- excellent professional development opportunities including in house training & a sponsored opportunity to study a Certificate in Funeral Celebrancy with the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants, subject to a training agreement.
In return for these excellent benefits our client is looking for a candidate who:
- recognises the importance of the role and their responsibility to not only the deceased but also to the families our client is privileged enough to care for.
- is either an experienced Funeral Director & Celebrant or is desperate to become one. Looking to make a career change? A demonstrated interest in funeral direction & celebrancy, including current study, has worked well in the past with our client.
- has an exact attention to detail and would be able to arrange and conduct a fitting funeral. You will be a strong administrator and empathetic approach to ensure each family is well catered for. Expect to: host families to discuss their wishes; lead ceremonies with grace; direct team members & organise memorial trees/benches/stones/gardens/keepsakes, audio/visual resources, printing (Orders of Service), coffins, graves, wake refreshments, floral tributes, on site/inter site transport & relevant notices.
- is flexible & thrives in a dynamic/varied environment. Expect to arrange and conduct religious, secular, traditional & modern funerals across a variety of ceremony halls & locations cumulating in either burial or cremation of the deceased.
- is conversant with the Microsoft Office package and is confident using telephone systems.
- is consultative. Expect to provide expert advice on available services so that families can make appropriate & well-informed decisions. You’ll also be able to advise families as to relevant laws, regulations & terms.
- is an articulate communicator with a confidence in public speaking. You’ll be comfortable in addressing large congregations and small gatherings whilst knowing how to adapt to an audience.
- has a very high standard of personal presentation.
Sound like you? Superb, we look forward to receiving your application. For more details on the role please feel free to call us on 01305 213883.
Mploy Staffing Solutions Ltd is looking for a permanent Funeral Director & Celebrant to join our highly valued client in Poole, Dorset.
Why should you be interested? Our client is offering:
- a salary of £29,000 to £40,000 PA, subject to experience/interview performance.
- permanent full-time work, 40 hours per week with hours of 0800hrs to 1630hrs, Monday to Friday. Expect to work 1 Saturday in 6 & to carry an ‘on-call’ phone 1 evening in 3 (1630hrs to 0800hrs).
- 28 days holiday PA, including bank holidays.
- a generous company pension where our client pays the full 8% workplace contribution. Expect savings equivalent of £1,450 to £2,000 PA, salary dependant.
- varied work within a caring and supportive environment.
- a commutable location, a 15-minute drive from central Poole with free parking.
- excellent professional development opportunities including in house training & a sponsored opportunity to study a Certificate in Funeral Celebrancy with the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants, subject to a training agreement.
In return for these excellent benefits our client is looking for a candidate who:
- recognises the importance of the role and their responsibility to not only the deceased but also to the families our client is privileged enough to care for.
- is either an experienced Funeral Director & Celebrant or is desperate to become one. Looking to make a career change? A demonstrated interest in funeral direction & celebrancy, including current study, has worked well in the past with our client.
- has an exact attention to detail and would be able to arrange and conduct a fitting funeral. You will be a strong administrator and empathetic approach to ensure each family is well catered for. Expect to: host families to discuss their wishes; lead ceremonies with grace; direct team members & organise memorial trees/benches/stones/gardens/keepsakes, audio/visual resources, printing (Orders of Service), coffins, graves, wake refreshments, floral tributes, on site/inter site transport & relevant notices.
- is flexible & thrives in a dynamic/varied environment. Expect to arrange and conduct religious, secular, traditional & modern funerals across a variety of ceremony halls & locations cumulating in either burial or cremation of the deceased.
- is conversant with the Microsoft Office package and is confident using telephone systems.
- is consultative. Expect to provide expert advice on available services so that families can make appropriate & well-informed decisions. You’ll also be able to advise families as to relevant laws, regulations & terms.
- is an articulate communicator with a confidence in public speaking. You’ll be comfortable in addressing large congregations and small gatherings whilst knowing how to adapt to an audience.
- has a very high standard of personal presentation.
Sound like you? Superb, we look forward to receiving your application. For more details on the role please feel free to call us on 01305 213883.