Funeral Director

Co-Op Company; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Co-op employee discount

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

Employee assistance

Virtual GP

Eye tests

Career development

Stream app

Supportive team

Job summary

Co-op Funeralcare is hiring a Funeral Director in the United Kingdom. The role covers an area including Peterborough, Cambridge, and Grantham, with 37.5 hours per week and core hours 9am–5pm, plus an on-call rota 1 in 4 evenings and weekends. Salary £29,776 per year, with benefits.

No prior funeral directorship experience is required, and empathy, people skills, and a commercial mindset are valued. You’ll balance managerial and business tasks, build client relationships, supervise team members,

Qualifications

• Commercial mindset with managerial experience
• Strong customer focus and passion for delivering great service
• Ability to capture intricate detail and reflect it in the service
• Compassion, understanding and empathy, and ability to keep a cool head under pressure
• UK manual driving licence

Responsibilities

• Make sure client needs, service levels and KPIs are met
• Be clients’ main point of contact; support and guide with the wider team
• Support funerals – conducting the ceremony, leading the team and carrying the deceased when necessary
• Ensure all regulated work, including funeral planning appointments, is referred to a certified colleague
• Build and maintain relationships with the team, clients and the community

Skills

Commercial mindset

Managerial experience

Customer focus

Attention to detail

Compassion & empathy

UK manual driving licence

Job description

Funeral Director

£29,776 per annum (£15.27 per hour) plus benefits

Full time 37.5 hours per week, core hours 9am to 5pm with flexibility required – as part of this role, you'll also be part of the on call rota working 1 in 4 evenings and weekends

Covering an area of 12 branches in Peterborough Cambridge and Grantham

No experience needed.

Please note all positions within Funeralcare can involve direct physical contact with the deceased as part of normal duties – the amount of contact will differ dependant on role applied for.

Typical duties include but are not limited to preparation, transportation, and personal care of the deceased to be carried out with professionalism, dignity, respect and adherence to health and safety standards.

Please carefully consider your comfort levels with these responsibilities before applying.

We’re looking for an empathetic and commercially minded person to join the Co-op Funeralcare team.

You don’t need industry experience. If you have great people skills, and a real commercial focus, you could be perfect for this role.

At Co-op Funeralcare, we provide a caring and compassionate service when families need it most. As a funeral director, you’ll be right at the heart of that service. You’ll balance your time between managerial and business tasks, and building strong, trusting relationships with clients.

At the Co-op, you’ll be part of something meaningful. Join us today.

What you’ll do

• make sure client needs, service levels and KPIs are met
• be clients’ main point of contact; supporting and guiding with the help of the wider team
• support funerals – conducting the ceremony, leading the team and carrying the deceased when necessary
• make sure all regulated work, including funeral planning appointments, is referred to a ‘certified colleague’
• build and maintain relationships with the team, clients and the community

What you'll bring

• a commercial mind-set and experience in a managerial role
• a true customer focus and a real passion for delivering a great service
• the ability to capture intricate detail and make sure it is reflected in the service we deliver
• compassion, understanding and empathy, and the ability to keep a cool head under pressure
• a UK manual driving licence

Why Co-op?

• 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores all year-round
• 10% off other brands in our food stores all year-round
• discounts on other Co-op products and services
• 23 days holidays (pro rata, rising with service)
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential advice and support on anything you’re struggling with, 24 hours a day
• access to virtual GP and free eye tests
• endless career development opportunities including apprenticeships
• friendly, supportive team and the knowledge that you make a huge difference to your community
• access to Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

A place you’ll belong

We're building diverse and inclusive teams that reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to creating a workplace where colleagues can feel like they belong, supported by our inclusive policies and the ways we work.

We're proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme and offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for a job. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we'll support you.

Learn more about our recruitment process at Your Co-op Application Journey and our inclusion commitments at Diversity and inclusion at Co-op

As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take you around 20 minutes to complete this test.

If you’re successful in your application, we’ll perform some background checks as part of our pre-employment screening process. These will include a DBS (disclosure and barring service) and adverse media checks, and an occupational health questionnaire (to ensure you are fit to perform the role). We’ll also check your social media activity on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Any offer of employment made will be conditional upon the completion of pre-employment screening checks.

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.