Funeral Director

Everstory Partners; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 39,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, &

Tuition Reimbursement

Anniversary Award

Career Advancement and Training

Everstory Cares - Employee Assistance

Legend Award Program

Funeral and Cemetery Benefits

Employee Referral Bonus

401k with Company Match

Job summary

Everstory Partners’ Montlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Raleigh, NC is seeking a part-time Funeral Director. You will meet with families, explain service options, and coordinate arrangements with care and professionalism.

You will perform embalming services as needed, direct funeral services, and lead a team of funeral professionals while ensuring compliance and compassionate support for grieving families. Availability on holidays and weekends is expected.

Qualifications

• Licensed funeral director with 1 year experience and 2 years post-secondary education.
• Ability to obtain state license; driving license required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with empathy.
• Ability to lead a team and work holidays/evenings/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Meet with clients to arrange services and prepare contracts.
• Perform embalming services.
• Coordinate permits and documents.
• Direct funeral services and coordinate pallbearers.
• Escort clergy and manage logistics.
• Maintain cleanliness of prep area.
• Perform other related functions.

Skills

Compassion

Customer Focus

Ethics and Values

Education

Mortuary science degree

Job description

Montlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home - Raleigh, NC

Job Type

Part-time

Description

Montlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home - Raleigh, NC

Please Note:

This is a part-time Funeral Director opportunity at Montlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home.

Why Everstory

At Everstory Partners, our mission is to create supportive spaces where individuals and families can find solace, meaning, and hope in the midst of loss. At the heart of our mission is a deep understanding of the profound and complex nature of grief. Every person’s journey through loss is unique, and we are committed to providing compassionate and personalized support. We also believe that grief is not a problem to be solved or a burden to manage alone, but rather a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. Backed by our national strength and our local partners’ role is to be a steady presence, a source of comfort and guidance, and a partner in celebrating the life and legacy of the person who has passed.

The Impact You Will Make

The Funeral Director is an ambassador for Everstory Partners in their community, representing the highest level of care for our customers and their loved ones during their time of need. They possess an unparalleled attention to detail and care deeply about providing an experience that comforts and provides hope for loved ones experiencing grief. The Everstory Partners Funeral Director will mentor and lead a team of funeral professionals as they strive toward excellence in service. You will also be responsible for:

• Meeting with clients to make funeral arrangements, explaining service options, assisting in casket selection, providing pricing information, and preparing standardized contracts for services.
• Performing technical and cosmological embalming services.
• Finalizing details discussed during arrangement conferences with with appropriate tracking & compliance documents.
• Directing funeral services and visitation, including greeting family members, opening parlor, coordinating and instructing pallbearers, greeting and escorting clergy to chapel. May assist with funerals while not acting as primary director or act as hearse or limousine driver when needed.
• Preparing or coordinating preparation and issuance of permits and documents associated with funerals and embalming. This includes death certificate, permits from coroner, writing embalming case study and others as required.
• Removing and transporting deceased from home or hospital to funeral home.
• Maintaining cleanliness of preparation room and equipment.
• Performing all other related functions as assigned.

Core Competencies

• Compassion - Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems; is available and ready to help; is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others.
• Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Ethics and Values - Adheres to appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.

Requirements

• 1 year of experience as a licensed funeral director and 2 years of post-secondary education; graduating from an accredited school of embalming or mortuary science.
• Must be a licensed funeral director and embalmer or the ability to obtain a state license; ability to obtain any additional licensing required by the state.
• Possesses a high degree of concentration and attention for a continuous period of time.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an understanding of the complexity of death care. Able to provide an empathetic and caring environment for our customers and their loved ones.
• Strong capability to lead a team and collaborate effectively with others in a team atmosphere.
• Able to occasionally stand/walk and frequently lift or push.
• Possesses valid state driver's license.
• This position requires availability to work some holidays, evenings and weekends as needed.

Our Investment in You

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and STD Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Anniversary Award for each year of service
• Career Advancement and Training - Aspiring Managers Program
• Everstory Cares - Employee Assistance Fund
• Legend Award Program
• Funeral and Cemetery Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus
• 401k with Company Match

Everstory Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

The pay range for this role is based on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions regardless of race, gender, age, religion, or any other protected characteristic. They include skill set, experience and training, licensure and certification, and other business and organizational needs. This range estimate has been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

Salary Description

$28.00 - $30.00 per hour