Cemeteries Maintenance Assistant
Cemeteries Maintenance Assistant
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$ 59500 - 67000
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Job Description
About Us:
Kempsey Shire Council (KSC) is located on the Mid North Coast of NSW known for its genuine hospitality pristine beaches sub-tropical rainforests mountain ranges rock river gorges sprawling farmland and peaceful villages.
We are a progressive proactive and dynamic organisation and we pride ourselves on the respectful and supportive workplace we have cultivated. With 360 dedicated staff managing $1.5 billion worth of assets across many sites throughout the Shire KSC work closely with our community to build an inspired connected Macleay Valley.
Your New Role:
An excellent opportunity has become available within Civic Services for the position of Cemeteries Maintenance Assistant where you will be responsible for ensuring Council owned and managed cemeteries across the Shire are maintained to acceptable standards.
Key accountabilities include:
- Performing maintenance labouring and grave digging duties including hand digging of graves where necessary at Councils cemeteries
- Performing mowing and edging of turfed areas tree and garden planting pruning and maintenance and construction of minor landscaping works.
- Planning and supervising contractors in a safe and efficient manner.
- Performing other tasks as directed by the Cemeteries Maintenance Officer or Team Leader Villages
- Promoting high levels of Customer Service
- Ensure all allocated correspondence and work orders are processed
For a full list of the Key Accountabilities of the role please refer to the Position Description.
About You:
You will be self-motivated hardworking individual who has the physical ability to meet the demands of the position. You must demonstrate your ability to operate within a team where there are diverse and demanding responsibilities but can also work with a minimum of supervision when required.
You will be customer service focused be able to accept interpret and action verbal and written instructions and be organised and able to meet deadlines.
As the successful candidate you will possess the following:
- Class C Drivers Licence
- General Construction Induction Card
For a full list of Desirable Qualifications/tickets please refer to the Position Description.
Benefits of working for Kempsey Shire Council:
As the successful candidate youll enjoy:
- permanent full-time position 38 hour work week over 4 days (Monday to Thursday )
- Weekly salary of $1148.37 to $1292.52 (plus 11% superannuation).
- Generous leave entitlements including access to Long Service Leave after five years
- A working environment focused on wellbeing including flexible work arrangements rostered days off EAP access social club and health and wellbeing programs.
- Fitness Passports for discounted access to a range of gym and pool facilities.
- Career development and learning opportunities access to study leave if required.
- A supportive collaborative working environment designed to help you grow!
- A fantastic lifestyle and work life balance on the beautiful Mid-North Coast.
Interested
Please apply via Councils website Note that you will be required to prepare and submit:
- A short statement (maximum 2 pages) outlining how your experience abilities knowledge and personal qualities will enable you to achieve the key accountabilities of the role (as listed in the Position Description); and
- Your current resume.
Applications Close: COB Wednesday 11 June 2025
Please note that Council reserves the right to close this job advertisement before the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore we encourage all interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Have questions Please contact Steve Pellen - A/Group Manager Infrastructure Delivery for a confidential discussion on Ph:.
Please Note: Our recruitment notification process is primarily via system generated emails. Please ensure your email is correct before submitting your application to avoid missing crucial updates.
Completion of a pre-employment medical assessment is a requirement of KSCs recruitment process for this position.
If you experience any difficulties applying online please contact the Recruitment team on or email
Thank you and good luck with your application.
Kempsey Shire Council is an equal opportunity employer and we celebrate our diverse inclusive and values-led workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with a disability. In addition Kempsey Shire Council will provide reasonable adjustments for suitably qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require additional assistance to participate in the recruitment process please discuss with the advertised contact person. You can ask for reasonable adjustments to be made at any time during the recruitment process
Employment Type
Full-Time
