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Funeral Partners is expanding its senior management team, and has an opening for an Area Development Manager in Hampshire, Newcastle & Ayr

Our Area Development Managers play a key role in ensuring exceptional service for our families, show inspirational leadership, commercial acumen, and a desire to drive business growth through community engagement and building links with local opinion-formers.

The package includes a competitive salary, Hampshire weighting allowance, 34 days' holiday, work place pension, life insurance and potential to earn a 10% bonus.

For more information, or to apply please contact Matthew Barber, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at hr@funeralpartners.co.uk or call 0118 9406900

Contact Matthew Barber

0118 9406900

Hampshire

We are a privately owned, family run Funeral Service business established in 1875. We operate from eight branches across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and are well established within our local communities with a reputation for quality and excellent service.

VACANCY: Embalmer

LOCATION: Bedford

We currently have a vacancy for a trained and qualified Embalmer join our team based in Bedford.

About the role

As an experienced Embalmer, you will be well-versed in treating the deceased with respect and dignity. You will be the branch specialist in your field and will perform all of the duties expected of an Embalmer, including:

 Preparation of the deceased

 Checking on and assessing the deceased on a daily basis

 Working closely with other team members to ensure we meet the client’s requirements for the deceased

 Maintaining impeccable standards, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy

 Adherence to the British Institute of Embalmers Code of Ethics and Code of Practice

 Responsibility for ensuring all legal requirements are met prior to embalming

 Responsibility for the cleanliness of the embalming suite

 Liaising with the management team regarding any issues with the deceased

About you You will be a qualified Embalmer and an excellent communicator, with an exceptional can-do attitude. Pragmatic and emotionally resilient, you will view your role as vocational and have the deceased’s interest at the heart of everything you do. You will possess a complete and full understanding that the role you perform leaves no room for mistakes and you will strive for perfection at all times. The standard hours of work are 8:30am – 5:30pm, Monday to Friday in Bedford with holiday and sickness cover at our Luton branch. To apply for this role, please send a cover letter with your CV, outlining why you are applying for this role to:

HR Department, Neville Funerals, Neville House, Marsh Road, Leagrave, Luton, LU3 2RZ.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND MEMBERS OF THE EQUALITY REGISTER, “COMMITTED 2 EQUALITY”

Contact Neville Funerals

Bedford

H Porter & Sons, Independent family-owned Funeral Directors of Stourbridge are seeking:

Operations Manager

Permanent, Full-time role based at our main offices in South Road, Stourbridge.

This role would suit an excellent communicator with Funeral experience along with business and people management skills and experience. The ideal candidate would have superb interpersonal skills and be dedicated to achieving a high level of client care. Applicants need to have skills of tact, diplomacy and empathy, be of smart appearance and be a driven business professional to enhance the already outstanding reputation of our business.

Key features of this role include:

• General staff management, HR and Health and safety. • Overseeing business improvements and implementing change management. • Involvement in staff reviews, welfare, bonus awards. • Promoting the business and supporting the business owner. • Arranging, organising and conducting funerals. • Out of hours cover as required.

Benefits offered with this role include: • Competitive salary. • Generous holiday allowance, including extra days for long service. • On-call/call out allowances. • Pension scheme. • Wellbeing counselling. • Reduced price family-funerals. • Bonus scheme.

Applications to include a covering letter and cv to lucyporter@hporter.co.uk

Contact Lucy Porter

Stourbridge