Mortuary Support Personnel

Grade: Scale 4 Salary: £ 31,290 - £ 33,129 Contract Type: Part-time Fixed-term 12 Months Closing Date: 02/11/2026 Directorate: Resources Organisation : London Borough of Waltham Forest Salary: Scale 4  £ 31,290 - £ 33,129 Contract Type: Part-time Fixed-term 12 Months Working hours per week: 18 hours per week Application Deadline: Reference: 2364 About Us: Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment. The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method. About the role: To contribute to the logistics processes within the London Borough of Waltham Forest, Essex and the wider London area, supporting the safe and effective running of the Mortuary Logistics Service. The post-holder will normally be based at the Mortuary Office but will be dispatched to collect, deliver and transfer deceased persons between East London Forensic Centre, Essex mortuary facilities and other authorised locations. To undertake driving, deceased-person transfer, manual handling, traceability and associated mortuary support duties in accordance with approved Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments and service instructions. To assist the mortuary managers and wider mortuary team with the effective operation of the service and to maintain consistency with the Council’s quality and equality requirements. >> Click here to download the Role Profile << Key Responsibilities: To carry out transfer or collection of the deceased from the relevant mortuaries, hospital / funeral director as per coroner's instructions. To conduct condition checks of the deceased in accordance with standard operation procedure. Qualifications and Requirements: • Full, valid UK driving licence appropriate for the service vehicle and experience of driving vans. • Experience or an understanding of mortuary, funeral director, pathology, healthcare logistics or related work. • Understanding of deceased-person identification, dignity, confidentiality, traceability and chain-of-custody requirements. • Experience or understanding of manual handling and the safe use of transfer equipment. • Ability to follow SOPs, risk assessments, lawful instructions and infection prevention requirements. • Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently when undertaking transport duties. • Ability to use IT systems, mobile devices and case-management databases accurately. • Ability to work flexibly, including travel across London, Essex and surrounding areas and participation in out-of-hours or on-call arrangements where required. Terms and conditions: The below terms and conditions apply to this role: Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks; Satisfactory declaration of interest; Satisfactory DBS check; Continued professional body registration; Suitable clean driver’s license; As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not ref