Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001992

Date posted

11/12/2025

Apply by

29/12/2025

Salary

13.90 per hour

Contractual hours

0

Basis

Casual

Job category/type

Leisure

Casual Cemetery Operative

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh

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An opportunity has arisen for a Casual Cemetery Operative. Working as part of a team the post holder will be responsible for grave location checks, grave excavation and shoring. They will also assist in maintaining the cemetery grounds and gardens to a high standard for service users and visitors.



Applicants will need to be proficient in the use of hand held power tools. Experience of working within cemeteries and bereavement services environment is essential and experience in dealing with the public and bereaved is desirable.



The post holder will be required to work outdoors in a manual environment as part of a team. You will be required to travel independently between sites and be available to work as and when required.



For an information discussion about this position please contact Adam Kettley, Bereavement Services Operations Manager on (01443) 402810.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.