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14.07.2025
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28.08.2025
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Job Description:
We're offering an exciting opportunity to deliver the best end of life care, support, and client experience through the arrangement and delivery of funerals, memorialisation, and aftercare services. As an Area Funeral & Memorial Consultant, you'll be the point of contact for clients, supporting them throughout the process of making funeral and memorial choices.
This role requires travel to our branches in:
* Alton
* Ascot
* Ash Vale
* Fleet
* Frimley Green
* Liss
* Wokingham
Flexibility to support other branches may be required.
There is a fixed annual allowance of £1,000 to contribute towards business car insurance, travel time, and vehicle wear and tear. Business mileage expenses can also be reclaimed.
What you'll get:
* 31 days leave (pro rata, including bank holidays), rising to 36 with service
What to expect:
* Guiding clients through funeral arrangements, ensuring standards and expectations are exceeded.
* Ensuring arrangements, memorialisation orders, and aftercare services are accurate and compliant with high attention to detail.
* Liaising with internal departments and external suppliers.
* Ensuring proper care of the deceased, including daily checks and facilitating reflection room visits for families.
* Engaging proactively in community initiatives.
What we're looking for:
* IT literacy and proficiency in MS Office.
* Excellent communication, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
* Resilience and ability to work independently in a branch.
* High empathy, understanding, and compassion.
* UK driving license and access to own vehicle.
Training:
* No prior funeral industry experience required; full training will be provided.
* Travel to other sites will be necessary.
About Us:
We are an independent Co-op operating across southern England, managing convenience stores, funeral homes, crematoria, burial grounds, and a Starbucks franchise. Owned by our members, we employ over 4,000 colleagues and focus on community benefit. We are committed to sustainability and fairness, serving local communities with a people-first approach.
Note: Successful candidates will undergo a DBS check as part of compliance requirements.
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