Overview

Salary: £23114 – £24294

Shift hours: 37

We are looking for the right people to join our team as Estate Maintenance/ Grave Digging Operatives.

This is a unique role in which you will contribute to a wide range of maintenance activities with tight deadlines. These include manual and mechanical digging and backfilling of graves, preparing and setting out a grave for burial, and grounds maintenance activities such as mowing and hedge cutting.

Excavating/preparing graves utilising an excavator and/or hand tools, performing all duties with due care and consideration for the bereaved.

Cemetery Operative training is provided.

Working hours are Monday – Friday 8.30 am – 4.30 pm

You should have good knowledge and practices of tools/equipment that will include working below ground level, ride-on mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters, and various hand tools.

In addition you:

  • hold a full driving license.
  • Respectful in the environment in which you work
  • Able to communicate effectively with members of the public
  • Work within a team to achieve tight deadlines
  • Able to work out in all weathers
  • Have a working knowledge of horticultural and or excavating tools and equipment
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety within the workplace
  • Good customer care skills

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme – As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

  • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
  • Are currently in care or have previously been in care
  • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

 

Reference: coventrycc/TP/30936/10326

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