Administration Assistant

Have you considered a career helping people and families through a difficult time in their life?

Vincent Funerals is part of InvoCare, an industry leader within the funeral industry, we currently operate over 300 funeral locations, 17 cemeteries and 29 crematoria, throughout Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and growing.

We now have a role for an Administration Arranger to join our team . This is an integral role supporting our funeral services and will offer you new life skills, personal growth and development, the opportunity to earn qualifications and progress your career in a personally rewarding industry.

Duties of an Administration Assistant include:

• Act as the first point of contact for clients, visitors, and telephone enquiries
• Ensure reception is welcoming, neat, and tidy and reflects a professional image
• Administrative support for the team (data entry, preparing letters, presentations)
• Identify service requirements with sensitivity to client grief, beliefs, traditions and rituals
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of products and services
• Set up and arrange post-service snacks, tea, coffee, and light refreshments for attendees.
• Ensure catering areas are clean, welcoming, and stocked before and after each service.
• Monitor refreshment supplies and reorder items as needed to maintain readiness.
  Assist families and guests during after-service gatherings with a friendly and respectful demeaner.

About you:

• Experience in a service-driven organisation
• Competent keyboard/computing and telephone operating skills
• Be people-oriented and communicate effectively both in-person and on the telephone
• Be sensitive to grieving people, their values and beliefs and possess a level of comfort of working with the deceased
• Interpersonal skills to work in a close team environment and proactively support the team
• Willingness and motivation to undertake training and development programs
• The ability to respond appropriately to client/family concerns
• A sense of ease working with grieving families and the deceased
• Current status as Justice of the Peace or eligibility to become certified
• A current unrestricted driver's license

Benefits of joining InvoCare:

You may not have considered this industry before, but we provide vital services to families that helps them to celebrate the lives of those they loved. Our staff live our values every day and get to experience the gratitude that comes with offering such a meaningful service. The benefits you can receive include:

• Reward and recognition programs
• Tailored induction and training programs
• Well designed and fitted out locations with the latest facilities to assist in providing an exceptional client family experience
• Networking opportunities across the business and with peers
• Birthday and paid parental leave
• Free access Employee Assistant Program
• Annual family day social events
• We are a diverse workplace and equal opportunity employer

How to Apply:

InvoCare is proud to provide our employees with a quality work environment and opportunity for both personal and professional growth.

If you are looking for a role that makes a difference and supports families in your community, click on apply and submit your application.

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At InvoCare we are committed to building a respectful, diverse and inclusive workplace which reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures, and are open to discussing flexibility.

*As part of our recruitment process applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a criminal record check and medical/physical assessment to ensure fitness to complete the inherent requirements of the position. Please note that applicants with a criminal record are not automatically barred from applying for this position and each application will be considered on its merits