Burial Services Coordinator – UOS
Full-time, Work
Pinelands
Posted 2 weeks ago
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION AND THE ROLE
The United Chevra Kadisha (UCK) is the registered Jewish burial society and handles all Jewish burials in the Cape Town and outlying areas, serving a critical function in the Cape Town Jewish community. They are looking for a new Burial Services Co-ordinator to take responsibility for the aspects of burial process: physical, interpersonal and administrative.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Burial Services
- Being on duty at Pinelands cemetery
- Supporting families during bereavement
- Co-ordinating funerals and burials, liaising with Rabbonim and to finalise funeral times
- Collection of bodies, if required
- Preparation of bodies for burial
- Attendance at funerals and collection of donations
2. Administration
- Managing sensitive logistics and documentation including rregistration of deaths (once registered as an Undertaker with Home Affairs)
- Liaising with family and doctors to obtain documentation
- Assisting with arrangement for shipping of bodies to other centres or overseas.
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Acting as the face and voice of the organisation, the ideal applicant will have the following competencies:
1. Work experience and industry exposure
- No previous experience required
- Must have a valid drivers’ licence
- Shabbat observance, desirable but not essential
2. Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills
- A sensitive approach for communicating with bereaved families, essential
- Strong and clear communication skills for engaging with Rabbonim and families
- Confident and comfortable dealing with death and handling of bodies and preparation for burial
- Mature individual who can put in place boundaries and manage working in an emotionally challenging environment.
3. Excellent Administration and Organisational Skills
- Strong administrative and organisation skills
- Strong attention to detail
- PC literate, competent working with Word, Excel and Outlook.
4. General
- Flexible individual who is available 24/6 for collection of bodies and night duties at the cemetery
- Flexible individual who is willing to take on a variety of responsibilities
- Through the UCK, you will be registered as an Undertaker with Home Affairs, this includes taking an uncomplicated exam, to be able to represent the UCK to obtain Death Certificates.
Interested?
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If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of submitting your application, kindly consider your application to have been unsuccessful
Job Features
| Job Category | Admin, Office & Support, Community & Social Welfare |
| Location: | Pinelands |
| Reporting to: | United Chevra Kadisha Rabbinical Coordinator and the Cemeteries Maintenance Board Manager. |
| Nature of contract: | Permanent, Full-time (6-day week) |
| Hours of work: | Flexible (according to community needs): On-call every day with the exception of Shabbats and Chaggim. On-duty at Pinelands cemetery from 09h00 – 15h00 (Sundays – Fridays). |
| Benefits: | Closed Shabbat and Chaggim |
| Closing date for applications: | Open |
| Interested? | Click on the APPLY NOW / DOWNLOAD APPLICATION button above |