Clerk: Funeral Service (50%)

About the job

Do you want to commit yourself to the welfare of 44,600 people and take on a meaningful task independently? Then you are in the right place with us. Welcome to the municipality of Köniz. The municipality of Köniz, as the fourth largest municipality in the canton of Bern, is characterised by its diversity and is the bridge between town and country. It employs around 800 staff in 100 professions.

With immediate effect or by arrangement, the Department of Environment and Landscape is looking for you as

Clerk: Funeral Service (50%)

This is what you will achieve with us

• Independent handling of the diverse tasks in funeral services, from receiving and processing death notifications to arranging the funeral and managing free funerals
• Responsibility for invoicing fees for the funeral and inheritance service
• Carrying out preparatory work for the sealing procedures
• Supporting the practical trainer in supervising apprentices
• Taking on further administrative tasks such as responding to enquiries, telephone and mail service, and processing applications

This is how you will impress us

• Completed commercial training and initial professional experience
• Networked thinking as well as an independent, precise and reliable way of working
• Empathy, social skills and high discretion
• Service orientation, flexibility and ability to work in a team
• Good oral and written expression as well as good MS Office skills

This is what awaits you with us

• A respectful, collegial collaboration and a good working atmosphere
• Compatibility of work and private life: annual working hours, part-time work, care days and home office depending on function
• Generous holiday arrangements: at least 26 days’ holiday, plus age-related additional holiday days, 41-hour week as well as the possibility to take one or two unpaid weeks off
• Competence-based development opportunities as well as individual training and further education

Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your complete online application.

Additional information about the position is gladly provided by Luana Ulrich, Head of Funeral and Inheritance Service, Tel. 031 970 93 36.

Your HR contact

Kaspar Mund

HR Consultant

Tel. 031 970 92 89

Visit us at www.koeniz.ch.