Sympathy Service Representative - 6-Month Assignment (Apply in minutes)
Closing date: 10-01-2025
**Funeral Service Crew - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract**
£12.40 per hour plus benefits
Part Time 16 hours per week, 5 days per week 3-4 hours per day within Mondayto Friday 8am-8pm - as part of this role, you’ll also be part of the on call
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Middlesborough and Guisborough, North Yorkshire TS14 6NT
**No experience needed. You can apply for this job on your mobile in a fewsimple steps – no CV required.**
**You’ll need a full manual UK driver’s licence for this job.**
Help families say the perfect goodbye to loved ones as part of our funeralservice crew.
No experience? No problem. We provide full training and ongoing support, plusaccess to a wide range of benefits including competitive salary, an excellent
pension scheme, and discounts on a range of Co-op products and services.
At the Co-op, you’ll be part of something meaningful. Join us today.
**What you’ll do**- collect the deceased from a range of locations and scenarios in a
- bear coffins and drive funeral vehicles
- maintain the cleanliness of equipment and facilities, including vehicles
- prepare coffins and engrave name plates
- prepare the deceased in our care for viewings and the funeral
- a full UK manual driving licence
- a sensitive approach to customer service with good attention to detail
- the ability to react calmly and compassionately in emotional circumstances
- the ability to perform the physical aspects of the role (manual lifting)
**Why Co-op?**
You’ll get a fantastic benefits package including:
- 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores all year-round
- 10% off other brands in our food stores all year-round (doubles to 20% on
- 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
- 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
- access to Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a
percentage of your pay as you earn it
At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’slargest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart
of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social
purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for
our members, customers, colleagues, and communities
**Building an inclusive work environment**
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications fromeveryone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues
have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our
differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the
communities they serve.
If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to ourrecruitment process according to your needs. Were also part of the Disability
Confident scheme, meaning well always offer an interview to disabled
candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for
a job.
Well ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confidentscheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you toparticipate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.ukapply-process.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all ourcommitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.ukdiversity-
inclusion-and-wellbeing.
As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. Itwill take you around 20 minutes to complete this test.
If you’re successful in your application, we’ll perform some background checksas 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.****