Gravedigger - GLA14666
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £29,180.16 i £30,774.03 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 04 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | GLA14666 |
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Job Description
An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Gravedigger to join our bereavement team on a permanent basis.
NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.
If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.
Position Details
Working as part of a small team providing all duties assigned to provision of the bereavement service, including operating plant & machinery, carrying out the burial service, routine associated maintenance and ancillary work as determined necessary across the 33 cemeteries
Applicants should have a full, current, manual driving licence and should be able to operate plant machinery competently. It is desirable if you are mini digger trained or have competent operator certification and have a Federation of Burial & Cremation Authorities (FBCA) or Institute of Cemetery & Crematorium Management (ICCM) crematorium training scheme qualification and / or Cemetery Operative training/ SVQ Cemetery Operations.
You should be flexible and open to new ways of working and be able to demonstrate your ability to work as part of a small team.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.
Contract Details
Weekly Hours: 37 hours per week
Work Pattern: Monday - Friday (8.30am - 4pm), every second Saturday 9.am - 1.pm and 1 Sunday in 6 on standby.
Annual Salary: £25,151.16 - £26,745.03 on an incremental scale
Additional Payments: In addition to the annual salary the role attracts a non-standard work pattern/hours (NSWPH) payment of £2,173 and a working context & demand (WCD) payment of £ 1856.
Benefits of working with us
Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:
- 182 hours paid annual leave, rising to 203 hours after 5 years’ service (pro rata to shift pattern and start point in year)
- 87.5 hours paid public holidays each year (pro rata to shift pattern and start point in year)
- Local government pension scheme
- Life and Personal Accident Insurance
- Occupational Sickness Pay
- Staff Benefit Scheme
- Glasgow Credit Union
For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.
Application Packs
We want everyone to be able to apply. If you need the Application Pack in another format, like Braille, large print, or another language, please call us on 0141 287 1054.
If we need to post it to you, we’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.
There are also a number of Accessibility Tools compatible with the myjobscotland website which may assist you with your application. More information on these can be found at https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/accessibility-statement.
Further Information
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
Working for Us\Job Evaluation
For further information about working for us please refer to our website GCC HR Policies
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