{"id":10194,"date":"2026-01-19T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/?p=10194"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:41:23","slug":"vacancy-three-rivers-district-council-bereavement-officer-closing-date-6th-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/vacancy-three-rivers-district-council-bereavement-officer-closing-date-6th-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacancy : Three Rivers District Council : Bereavement Officer : Closing date: 6th February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Salary:<\/strong> \u00a335,479 &#8211; \u00a337,408 per annum<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Time<\/strong>, Permanent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing date:<\/strong> 6th February 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.webrecruit.co\/JobSeeker\/Apply\/E9lil2okg5TmUZ-SADZZPOlF8C7nHwEIwJwYEx8a-t2sbVtFDOk0GA\">Apply here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Jennie Probert, Environmental Services Manager, (T:) 01923 727069 \/ (E:) jennie.probert@threerivers.gov.uk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role: Bereavement Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Bereavement Officer to act as the Council\u2019s professional lead for bereavement services. This is a key role with responsibility for ensuring the effective, compassionate, and compliant delivery of bereavement-related services, supporting members of our community at difficult times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Act as the Council\u2019s professional lead and principal point of contact for bereavement services, excluding crematorium-related services.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lead the delivery of services under the Public Health Funeral Policy, including oversight of associated procedures, workstreams, and contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Manage the day-to-day back-office operations of the Council\u2019s cemeteries and Public Health Funeral Service, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and sensitively.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provide advice and guidance to internal stakeholders and external partners on bereavement-related matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ensure services are delivered in line with relevant legislation, policy, and best practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About You:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 You will be a compassionate and organised professional with experience in bereavement, or a related service area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will have:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Experience of managing or coordinating complex service delivery within a public sector or similar environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ability to interact with an operational service i.e. the grounds maintenance team to assist with burials<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Excellent communication skills and the ability to act as a trusted point of contact for sensitive issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A clear understanding of the importance of dignity, respect, and empathy in bereavement services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we offer:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We offer an excellent benefits package, including competitive salary, 29 days holiday &#8211; rising to 31 days (if applicable), a generous employer contribution pension scheme, life assurance, flexible working, career development, free on-site parking, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted leisure centre membership, employee volunteering schemes and access to discounted activities and days out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threerivers.gov.uk\/services\/jobs-careers\/current-vacancies?blaze_debug=1#contentgroupsection-3\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Salary: \u00a335,479 &#8211; \u00a337,408 per annum Full Time, Permanent Closing date: 6th February 2026 Apply here For an informal discussion about the post, please contact <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/vacancy-three-rivers-district-council-bereavement-officer-closing-date-6th-february-2026\/\" title=\"Vacancy : Three Rivers District Council : Bereavement Officer : Closing date: 6th February 2026\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10198,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194\/revisions\/10198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}