We Are St Helens Borough Council.
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Who we are
The Bereavement Services Team at St Helens Borough Council run two operational Cemeteries and a Crematorium. Our Operational Team of 3 Cemetery Operatives, 2 Crematorium Operatives and 2 Crematorium technicians support the team in providing all burial and cremation services. The Cemetery at St Helens has been a silver finalist in the Cemetery of the Year awards for the past 4 years, along with an APSE finalist for the best Service Team for the past two years. The Team engages on several Community events throughout the year, such as annual Memorial Services, bereavement community events and open days to promote the service and support available to the bereaved.
Join our team
We are seeking an enthusiastic and positive person with a desire and drive to work within the operational Crematorium team in providing excellent bereavement services. The successful applicant will work as part of the Bereavement Services Team in providing a supportive, calming, caring, sensitive and quality service to the bereaved, members of the public attending the cremation service and visitors.
The hours of work for this role at 37 hours per week, +7.5 hours contractual overtime. These additional hours are to be worked flexibly over the week, Monday to Friday, based on the needs of the service.
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
From 192.4 hours to 214.60 hours annual leave: linked to length of service and grade.
Additional Annual leave scheme: buy up to 10 days additional annual leave.
Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area.
Pension scheme available.
Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees and family.
Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by contacting Sonia Smith, Bereavement Services Manager on soniasmith@sthelens.gov.uk
Thank you for your interest in working for us. If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
