Bereavement Officer Groundsman

Job Details

• Job Title: Bereavement Officer Groundsman
• Job Location: Cemeteries & Crematorium
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 01/07/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13949
• This post is not open to job share

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the Bereavement Services ground staff team at Coney Hill Cemetery and Crematorium.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the grounds to a high standard, operating machinery, mowing, hedge trimming, edging and cultivation, manuring and site preparation of beds and shrubberies, sweeping, hoeing, cleaning leaves and litter, and other duties relating to the Cemetery and Crematorium gardens.
• Prepare graves for burials, ensuring that excavated soil is covered, placing out boards, matting and logs, excavating graves both manually and mechanically while observing all prescribed health and safety practices, including shoring at all times and covering immediately after completion.
• Interact with bereaved families on a daily basis, delivering empathy, clear communication and excellent customer care skills.

What we need from you

• Self motivated and enthusiastic support for mortuary grounds maintenance.
• High empathy, good communication and customer care skills.
• Ability to operate machinery and follow health and safety procedures.
• Fluency in spoken English and right to work for at least six months.
• Willingness to comply with the council's safeguarding and equality commitments.

Equality, Diversity & Accessibility

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability.

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment for those with disabilities or long term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no one is disadvantaged because of their disability. If you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team at .

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found here.

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager before submitting an application form.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a customer facing role must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

We can only offer sponsorship to employees in this role for a maximum of six months; candidates will need to have the right to work that enables them to commit to at least six months employment.

If you are an internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability as per the Equality Act 2010, please declare this in an email to , as this is not currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

A disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities.