Funeral Coordinator

Adecco have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Funeral Coordinator. This is a permanent role with a national company.

Your role will be to work with the Funeral Director to deliver an exceptional customer experience whilst achieving business KPI’s. You will also be a funeral professional who can help, support and mentor your team, develop their skills and work within the community. You will build upon current business reputation and aim to be a leader within the sector.

You will have many responsibilities in this new role, some will include:

* Greet people at the funeral home and direct or escort mourners to parlours or chapels in which funerals are being held
* Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned
* Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment
* Issue and store funeral equipment
* Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions
* Place caskets in parlours or chapels prior to wakes or funerals
* Transport the deceased to the funeral home
* Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines
* Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased
* Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains
* Obtain doctors signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms
* Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased
* Manage funeral home finances, including receiving payments, making bank deposits, or performing general bookkeeping duties
* Prepare obituaries for newspapers
* Meet with family members to plan the funeral

To be considered for this role you must have the following:

* Passionate about delivering excellent client service and a desire to deliver 100% to our customer’s needs and go that extra mile
* Dedicated to the provision of excellent funeral service commercial awareness & acumen
* Committed to ensuring that the deceased are always treated with care and dignity
* Strong numeracy and literacy skills with analytical and methodical approach
* Strong reasoning and negotiating ability
* Excellent IT skills and outgoing and communicative
* Understanding People and working in teams with the ability to lead and develop others
* Experience in delivering funeral services would be desirable
* Hold a current Driving Licence

If you match the above criteria please send your CV in today

Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.