RARE OPPORTUNITY at Portland's iconic River View Cemetery Funeral Home
About River View
River View Cemetery has been a trusted steward of Portland's heritage since 1882, serving individuals in an exceptionally peaceful setting near the city center. Run by a non-profit association, River View is one of Portland’s oldest endowment care cemeteries, maintained with the utmost concern for both natural beauty and family legacy. River View Cemetery Funeral Home works together with the cemetery on the grounds of our historic landmark, providing professional, respectful, dignified, and compassionate service by honoring lives lived at the time of need or by offering options for pre-planning.
River View Cemetery Funeral Home is a for-profit that operates with its own Board of Directors, but as a wholly owned subsidiary of River View Cemetery, each year the profits of the funeral home are available to cemetery to help support this historic landmark serving the Portland community.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will be collaborative working with administration, cemetery, grounds and funeral home teams. They will have experience in funeral service innovation and provide exceptional customer service.
Responsibilities
- Conduct funeral and memorial ceremonies in a professional and compassionate manner
- Carry out funeral services from retrieval of the deceased to final disposition, while adhering to the Company’s policies, procedures, and protocols
- Prepare print material for memorial services
- Identify and arrange for any personalization and customization for clients
- Ensure that all federal, state and local regulations related to the funeral industry are followed
- Prepare the memorial area for the family before the services start
- Ensure that flowers and other memorabilia are returned to the family after services
- Maintain reverence and respect for the deceased at all times
- Actively participate in trainings and strictly enforce all logging, identification, casketing and cremation procedures
- Manage At-Need accounts receivable
- Assist in the cleaning and maintenance of the facilities, grounds, or vehicles
- Complete embalming, disinfecting, dressing, preparing and casketing the deceased using appropriate precautions and OSHA standards in a manner that honors the deceased
Education, Certifications, and Licensure
- Must be a licensed funeral director and embalmer or the ability to obtain a state license.
- Requires graduation from an accredited school of embalming or mortuary science.
Experience & Requirements
- At least one (1) year industry experience in the applicable discipline
- Experience working in a cemetery and/or combination funeral and cemetery facility is preferred.
- Professional interpersonal skills as well as cultural sensitivity and tactfulness to interact with a variety of cultures and language barriers.
- Maintain a premier level of customer satisfaction
- Strong integrity and ability to respect the privacy of our client families by keeping confidential information private
- Proficiency in MS Office suite that includes mail, Word, Excel & Power Point, in addition to the ability to use the Company’s funeral specific software
- Professional and excellent communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Willingness to participate in community and cemetery events
- Understanding of our funeral services and products available
- Must have a flexible schedule, professional appearance, good attitude, and be a team player
- Compassionate towards others
- Ability to lift 75 pounds, bend, and otherwise physically perform the typical duties as required by this position
Benefits
River View is committed to offering 401k, medical, dental, vision, basic life, and long-term disability coverage that provides quality care, support and value to eligible employees and their family members. Additional benefits such as flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance and employee assistance program coverage, funeral and cemetery discounts are available to ensure employees have the appropriate tools to safeguard themselves and their family.
Drug and background check: To protect the wellbeing of its employees, the public and company assets, River View conducts drug and criminal background checks on candidates selected. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude employment and will be considered on a case by case basis. Drug and background checks will only be conducted if you are selected as a finalist for a position.
Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $26.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)
- Funeral directing: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Preferred)
- Funeral Director License (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
