Closing date: 26-02-2024

Funeral Arranger – Certified 

£11.99 per hour plus benefits 

Part Time: 20 hours per week, working alternate weeks 9am to 1pm Monday to Friday & 1pm to 5pm Monday to Friday. 

Marske by the Sea, TS11 7LD

We’re looking for a compassionate Funeral Arranger to join the Co-op Funeralcare team. This certified Funeral Arranger role comes with a competitive salary and excellent benefits. You don’t need experience to do this job, and you can apply on your mobile in a few simple steps – no CV required.  

As a Certified Funeral Arranger, you'll provide expert guidance and advice to help clients plan the perfect funeral service. You'll also assist with family visits and answer any queries they have.  

In this Certified Funeral Arranger role, you can expect to: 

• Build positive relationships with clients and in the local community 
• Hold the fort at the funeral home (there will be times when you'll be the only one in the branch) 
• Support with the manual handling of coffins and the deceased 

To succeed as a Funeral Arranger you must be passionate about delivering outstanding client service and building positive relationships. You’ll also need: 

• Excellent communication and admin skills 
• Great attention to detail to make sure regulatory policies and processes are always adhered to 
• High levels of empathy, discretion and care  

In return for your compassion and dedication, you’ll get a generous benefits package that includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores, 23 days holiday (pro rata, rising with service) and a pension with up to 10% employer contributions. You’ll also get: 

• Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice and support 24/7, plus access to a virtual GP and free eye tests 
• Wagestream?– an app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it 
• YuLife – an app that rewards your for exercising with discounts and vouchers for all kinds of brands 

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest 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.?? 

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. 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 our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. 

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme 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 to participate. 

You can find out more about our recruitment process at apply-process.  

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing. 

As part of your application you’ll need to complete an online assessment. It will take you around 12 minutes to complete this test. 

If you’re successful in your application, we’ll perform some background checks as 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 seek regulatory references and check your social media activity on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.? 

In this role you’ll work under FCA regulation – we’ll provide you with all the training you need to become a ‘certified colleague’. 

To make sure you’re eligible to advise clients on ‘pre-need’ funeral plans as a ‘certified colleague’, we’ll perform FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) and financial integrity checks. These aim to identify financial sanctions such as CCJs (county court judgements) or bankruptcy. Your credit score will not be checked as part of this process. 

Any offer of employment made will be conditional upon the completion of pre-employment screening checks.?