Job Description

Funeral Arranger – All-Rounder
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Bernard Laverty Funerals is looking for a capable all-rounder to join our team — someone equally comfortable behind a desk guiding a family through paperwork as they are on-site handling the physical demands of the role.

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Client-facing & administrative

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- Meeting with families to arrange funeral services — from first contact through to the day itself
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- Preparing documentation, permits, death certificates, and liaising with Births Deaths & Marriages, Medicare, and other agencies
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- Drafting service orders, obituaries, and coordinating with celebrants, florists, and caterers
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- Managing bookings and schedules across chapels, cemeteries, and crematoria
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- Handling phone and email enquiries, including after-hours contact with families
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- General office administration
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Physical & on-site work

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- Conducting transfers and removals of the deceased, including out-of-hours and on-call work
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- Manual handling — lifting, moving, and positioning caskets, often in confined or uneven spaces
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- Grave digging and backfilling, by hand and machine, including site preparation, lining, and reinstatement of turf/garden beds after burial (assisting the team)
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- Assisting with monumental work — supporting the installation, levelling, and placement of headstones, plaques, and memorial features, often involving concrete, stone, and heavy equipment in office (assisting the team)
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- Setting up chapels, gravesides, and service venues, including moving furniture, flowers, and equipment
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On-call requirements

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Participation in an after-hours on-call roster (evenings, overnights, and weekends) is required, primarily for transfers and removals, remunerated in line with the Funeral Industry Award 2020.

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What we're looking for

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- Comfortable moving between office-based tasks and physically demanding manual work
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- Physically fit and capable of sustained lifting, carrying, and manual labour including digging
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- A current driver's licence (manual preferred) and confidence driving larger vehicles (or a willingness to learn)
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- Organised, with solid administrative and computer skills
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- Calm, respectful, and well-presented when working with grieving families
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- Willingness to be on-call, including nights and weekends, and to respond promptly when contacted
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- Previous experience in funerals, monumental masonry, cemetery/grounds work, trades, or administration highly regarded — but not essential if you've got the right attitude and work ethic
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- This role suits someone who can sit with a family and manage the details with care, then just as comfortably head out to dig a grave, install a memorial, or handle a transfer. Genuine variety, no two days the same.
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Location & Type

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Location: Bernard Laverty Funerals
n Type: Full-time, on-call roster required

📌 Funeral Arranger - All Rounder (Macksville)
🏢 Bernard Laverty Funerals
📍 Macksville