Compassionate Funeral Service Assistant

sci; Middleburg Heights (OH); On-site; USD 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sci in Middleburg Heights, OH is seeking compassionate associates to support funeral and memorial services. You will prepare for services by delivering and setting up floral arrangements, chairs, caskets, urns and keepsakes, and assist with the dressing and staging of remains as permitted by law.

Responsibilities include office duties, greeting families, driving to locations, and ensuring refreshments where allowed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous customer service and/or sales experience preferred.
• Proficient with MS Office suite and databases preferred; ability and willingness to learn required

Responsibilities

• Prepare for services including delivering and setting up floral arrangements, chairs, caskets, urns, photos and other personal keepsakes or mementos of client families; ensures proper care and storage of any of these items
• Prepares documents related to services, cremations, maintenance, as directed by management
• Assists with respectful preparation of remains of deceased, including dressing and lifting deceased, or operation of crematory, as permitted by law and in keeping with company regulations
• Performs office duties such as answering phones and operating fax machine, computer, multiline phone system, debit card machine, typewriter, postage meter and scale and stereo/video system.
• Run errands such as for floral delivery, picking up of supplies, documents, etc
• Serves as an usher and may park cars or perform any transportation requirements.
• Drives Funeral Home vehicles for services and picking up families
• Ensures refreshments are available (where allowed by law)
• Assist with visitations, memorial and funeral services which may include; visitation and chapel set up, dressing and casketing remains, delivering family items and flowers.
• Prepares documents related to services, cremations, maintenance etc.,
• Greets and receives client families and / or other persons entering the office for information and assistance
• Accommodates the needs of the family during a service and/or visitation
• May wash and clean funeral home vehicles and other client vehicles as required from time to time

Education

High school diploma

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Sci in Middleburg Heights, OH is seeking compassionate associates to support funeral and memorial services. You will prepare for services by delivering and setting up floral arrangements, chairs, caskets, urns and keepsakes, and assist with the dressing and staging of remains as permitted by law.

Responsibilities include office duties, greeting families, driving to locations, and ensuring refreshments where allowed.