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About the Role

The role involves maintaining cemetery grounds, crematorium surroundings, and associated buildings to a consistently high standard, ensuring all external and internal areas are kept safe, functional, clean, and well-presented for visitors, mourners, and staff. Key responsibilities include the upkeep of lawns, graves, pathways, memorial areas, and landscaped features, as well as routine inspection and maintenance of buildings, infrastructure, and site equipment. The post-holder will ensure all areas are free from hazards, compliant with health and safety standards, and accessible to the public. Working collaboratively with wider site staff, suppliers, and local stakeholders, the Grounds Person will contribute to the smooth day-to-day running of the crematorium. Flexibility will be required, with duties adapting to seasonal changes, special events, and the evolving needs of the business. We are a Home Office–licensed sponsor; however, for this specific role we are not able to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. To be considered, you must already hold a form of UK work authorisation that does not require sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Undertake the maintenance of the cemetery grounds and its surrounds including grass cutting, hedge trimming, planting, pruning, seeding, turfing, ground levelling, leaf clearance and weed control.
Operate, clean and maintain a wide range of plant equipment and vehicles including mechanical diggers, dumpers, mowers etc in compliance with manufacturers’ recommendations.
Respectfully scatter or inter, cremated remains and assisting families with the interment of contained cremated remains in shallow graves.
Uphold and comply with the statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and any other associated legislation.

Requirements

Experience of grounds maintenance in a professional context.
Ability to cope/deal with trauma.
Sympathetic to bereaved persons.
Numerate & literate.
Ability to undertake practical tasks.
Experience or prepared to be trained in checking vehicles & machinery and basic maintenance.
Experience or prepared to be trained driving digger/dumper/ride on mowers with commitment to completing relevant COTS/LANTRA Excavator & Dumper courses.
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks.
Satisfactory DBS check.
Suitable driver’s license.
Fluent English speaking ability.
Must already hold a form of UK work authorisation that does not require sponsorship.

Skills

Grounds maintenance
Plant equipment operation
Vehicle operation
Machinery maintenance
Health and safety compliance
Customer service (sympathetic to bereaved persons)

Location

London

Work Type

Full time
Permanent

Salary/Compensations

Scale 5 £32,535 -£34,488

Benefits

Good Work Standard employer accreditation

About the Company

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities.
Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

Equal Opportunity

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff.
The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population.
We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace.
The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.
Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting.
The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first.
This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.