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Join Our Funeral Operations Talent Pool
We’re always interested in connecting with compassionate, reliable and professional people who may be a great fit for our Funeral Operations team.
While we may not have a current vacancy, joining our Talent Pool allows us to learn more about you and consider you for future Funeral Operations Assistant opportunities as they become available.
At McCartney Family Funerals, Funeral Operations Assistants play an important role in ensuring every family we serve receives the care, dignity and attention they deserve.
About the Role
Funeral Operations Assistants provide practical and operational support across our funeral services. Working closely with Funeral Directors and other members of our team, you’ll help ensure everything required for a funeral, viewing or transfer is prepared and delivered professionally.
Depending on operational requirements, your responsibilities may include:
- Preparing venues, chapels and equipment for funeral services and viewings
- Assisting Funeral Directors with the conduct of funeral services
- Assisting with transfers and the respectful transportation of deceased persons
- Assisting with the preparation the deceased for services, including dressing and casketing
- Coordinating flowers, service materials, equipment and other funeral requirements
- Assisting with cemetery, crematorium and other service logistics
- Maintaining funeral vehicles, facilities and equipment to a high standard
- Completing operational documentation and records accurately
- Providing practical assistance and compassionate support to families
- Working collaboratively across our Funeral, Mortuary and Operations teams
- Participating in after-hours and on-call requirements where required
About You
Funeral service is unlike most other careers. Technical skills can be developed, but the way you approach people, responsibility and care matters enormously.
We’re interested in people who are:
- Compassionate, respectful and emotionally mature
- Calm and professional when working around grief and heightened emotions
- Reliable and willing to take responsibility
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Comfortable working in a practical, hands-on environment
- Able to work effectively as part of a close-knit team
- Flexible when priorities or circumstances change
- Physically capable of undertaking the inherent requirements of funeral operations
- Comfortable working with deceased persons
- Willing to work outside traditional business hours when required
- Committed to treating every deceased person as though they were a member of their own family
Previous funeral industry experience is highly regarded, particularly experience in funeral operations, transfers, service assistance or mortuary support.
An open driver licence is required for these roles.
Why McCartney Family Funerals?
We are a family-owned funeral company built around Care, Compassion, Community, Support and Family.
Our work has genuine purpose. Behind every service is a family trusting us with one of the most important and difficult moments of their lives.
We expect high standards from our people, but we also believe strongly in teamwork and supporting one another. Whether you are assisting with a transfer, preparing for a service or helping a Funeral Director care for a family, your contribution matters.
Expression of Interest
This is a Talent Pool advertisement and does not represent a current vacancy.
If you believe your experience, values and approach would make you a strong addition to McCartney Family Funerals, we encourage you to submit an Expression of Interest.
Tell us a little about yourself, your previous experience and why you are interested in working within the funeral industry.
When a suitable opportunity becomes available, we may contact candidates within our Talent Pool whose experience and capabilities align with the requirements of the position.
Register for this Talent Pool