Funeral Attendant

sci; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

SCI is seeking a Funeral Attendant to support funeral services and related duties in the Danbury area. You will help prepare rooms and deceased for ceremonies, greet families, and assist with service logistics and transportation.

Responsibilities include office tasks, data entry, and maintaining vehicles in a respectful, compassionate manner. The role requires working beyond normal hours, including weekends and holidays, with a valid driver’s license essential for travel.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Valid state driver’s license with clean record.
• No prior work experience required; funeral industry preferred.
• Ability to follow instructions and maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Prepare casket/deceased for visitation or funeral services.
• Greet visitors, provide programs, answer questions, guide guests.
• Assist with pallbearer duties and transporting items.
• Perform office tasks like data entry, filing, and mail handling.
• Drive family members and maintain vehicle cleanliness.

Skills

Compassionate care

Excellent communication

Phone etiquette

Team collaboration

Discretion

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Valid state driver's license

Job description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

This support role performs a variety of manual and office tasks in preparation of, during and after funeral services to ensure services run smoothly and as planned. Duties include setting up rooms for ceremonies, copying memorial materials, greeting and escorting friends of the family, driving family members and cleaning vehicles. Funeral Attendants also assist with the preparation of the deceased and casket. The ability to work beyond standard business hours, including weekends and holidays, is required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Funeral Services

• Prepare casket and deceased for visitation or funeral services such as dressing casket, adjusting deceased clothing and jewelry, and transporting casket through hallways. May assist with lifting deceased
• Prepare rooms for a variety of services including but not limited to setting up and cleaning chairs, tables, icons, guest books, flowers, keepsakes, mementos, casket, and urn
• Greet visitors, provide programs, answers questions, and provide funeral services information
• May serve as pallbearer
• May drive families to cemetery site
• Following services, removal, cleaning, and proper storage of company property as well as packaging, loading, or delivery of family mementos, keepsakes, and flowers

Office Assistance

• Courteously answer phones, screen callers, and take 'first call' information
• Notify staff members when appointments arrive and escort guests to appropriate room
• Maintain reception area and refreshments including making coffee, disposing of trash, replenishing supplies, and straightening, cleaning, or vacuuming
• Review a variety of documents for accuracy
• Data entry of document information into proprietary systems
• Receive deliveries
• Make copies, scan, fax, fold/prepare memorial materials, and perform other mailroom task

Driver and vehicle maintenance

• Transport, pick up, and deliver documents, family mementos, flowers, and similar articles safely to destination that may include family's residence, care center, or funeral home
• May transport the deceased to funeral home
• Wash, vacuum, and clean vehicles to ensure vehicle is presentable
• Fuels vehicles as necessary; following safety guidelines and expenditure processes

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Certification/License

Valid state issued driver's license with an acceptable driving record

Experience

No prior work experience required

Funeral industry experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to follow instructions given over the phone or in person
• Ability to use personal computer and type
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with others
• Ability to work with kindness and compassion for the deceased and their families
• Ability to maintain composure in challenging situations
• Good verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work with colleagues to accomplish tasks
• Ability to work evenings and weekends
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds; push/pull up to 200 pounds

Work CONDITIONS

When considering the work hours associated with this job, the following factors may apply:

Work Environment

Work indoors and outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions

Professional Dress is required when in contact with families

Drive company owned vehicles, with and without passengers, in surrounding community with varying traffic conditions

Work Postures

Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day

Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently

Physical Demands

Ability to lift up to 50 pounds; push/pull up to 200 pounds

Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage

Work Hours

Working beyond "standard" hours, including weekends, nights and holidays

Local travel

Postal Code: 06810

Category (Portal Searching): Operations

Job Location: US-CT - Danbury