Cemetery Attendant

Imagine living and working in a place where the beauty of nature is all around you, and where your contributions are truly valued.
Welcome to your new career!

Cemetery Attendant (3 x Positions Available)
Requisition Number: 340
Salary Range: $60,850.79 per annum
Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Location: Various Cemeteries
Application Close Date: Sunday, 29 September 2024 at 11.30pm AEST

As a Cemetery Attendant, you’ll play an essential role in maintaining the serene and respectful environment of our cemeteries while ensuring that burial services are conducted with the utmost care and professionalism.

Your New Role:

• Work alongside our Cemetery Sextons to deliver safe, efficient, and dignified burial services.
• Assist with grave excavation and backfilling, plaque fitting, minor construction tasks and infrastructure repairs.
• Attend to the ground maintenance of our cemeteries, ensuring they are always safe, beautiful, and well-kept.
• Interact with funeral directors, contractors, Council employees, and the public ensuring all interactions are respectful and meet the high standards our community expects.
• Adhere to all workplace health and safety regulations, ensuring that both your work environment and the services you help provide are secure and compliant with environmental and quality assurance standards.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• We need someone who has an outstanding work ethic, is hardworking, shows initiative and constantly strives to improve their own skills and performance and the standard of the grounds.
• A genuine team player who is not only dependable but also passionate about the important work we do.
• Experienced with a broad range of ground maintenance duties and the ability to perform various manual tasks
• Experience with burial services will be highly valued.
• Sensitivity and respectful communication skills are vital in this role.

Some benefits we offer:

• Achieve work / life balance with flexible working arrangements
• Fitness Passport - subsidised health and well-being memberships (gym/swimming pool)
• Recharge with up to 5 weeks annual leave
• Up to 3 weeks personal leave
• Secure your future with 12% superannuation contributions
• Salary sacrifice opportunities
• Grow personally and professionally with learning and development opportunities
• Cherish family time with up to 14 weeks paid parental leave

We are committed to:

• Fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment
• Embracing innovation and continuous improvement
• Cultivating a culture of professional growth and support

Now we want to hear about YOU!
Applications MUST be submitted online through the 'Apply' button and include a Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria and Resume outlining previous academic and work experience and if requested include attachments of the relevant qualifications and licenses, relating to the role.

For further information about this role please download the Position Description which includes the Key Duties, Responsibilities and Selection Criteria.

Council’s Recruitment Team can be contacted via:

• Phone: (07) 4044 3310
• Email: jobs@cairns.qld.gov.au
• Website: Employment at Council | Cairns Regional Council