Cemetery Assistant

Posted 22 June 2025
Salary 17.71
LocationSlough SL1 United Kingdom
Job type Contract
Sector Administration / Clerical
ReferenceRQ1488576

Job description

1 month contract with a local authority

Job Purpose
  • To assist with all administrative work at the crematorium, and support chapel and customer service duties to ensure that the highest standards of care are delivered to our customers.

Key Duties/Accountabilities
  • Take bookings for cremation and burial services, ashes burials and scatterings.
  • Check staff availability to perform services.
  • Check previous deceased information against system or historical records.
  • Sale of memorial in person and over the telephone.
  • Record music requirements and visual tributes.
  • Show bereaved relatives and other visitors the chapel and other facilities.
  • Escorting families around the gardens of remembrance and discuss memorial options.
  • Assist families to complete memorial forms.
  • Renewal of memorial lease payments and update system.
  • Prepare routine correspondence concerning commemorative literature, the renewal of memorial leases and cremated remains.
Essential Experience Required
  • Previous experience in service face to face enquiries at the crematorium office reception during office opening hours.
Essential Qualification Required
  • General education is essential.
Additional Information
  • Working hours: 36 hours per week.
  • The role requires you to be 5 days in the office (Cemetery & Crematorium, Slough).
  • The closing date for this role is 13th July 2025.


Requirements

Requirements
  • Previous experience in service face to face enquiries at the crematorium office reception during office opening hours.
  • General education is essential.