05/02/2026
🌟 We Are Hiring 🌟
📝 Administrator / Secretary
📍 Torpoint, Cornwall
🕛 30 hrs per week
💷 £19,980 per annum
At Walter C. Parson Funeral Directors we provide a funeral service for families who need us at a time of grief. We pride ourselves in the personal service we provide, acting professionally at all times, and conducting ourselves with sympathy and understanding. This has led us to become one of the leading independent family owned funeral service providers operating along the South West Peninsula in Devon and Cornwall.
Due to retirement, we are seeking an Administrator/Secretary for our Pidgen & Son branch in Torpoint, working 10am – 4pm, Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will be capable of dealing with front of house enquiries from our clients, assisting our funeral directors with the administration required for a funeral, administering charitable donations, liaising with other professionals like doctors and crematoria officials and often dealing with confidential, personal and financial details.
You will also be required to take part in the Out of Hours Telephone Rota to allow us to provide a 24-hour service. You will receive additional remuneration for these duties.
You will need to be well-presented, trustworthy, courteous and polite, have a competent telephone manner, be self-motivated for periods when lone working, pay close attention to detail, competent with a computer and able to deal with people with empathy whilst having a smile on your face.
If applying please bear in mind that all of our branches have ‘Chapel of Rest’ facilities and you may be required to assist the families during their visits. There will also be occasions where you are in the branch on your own. A full driving licence is required for the initial training period which will take place in Plymouth.
Previous experience in this sector would be advantageous but is not essential.
For further information please visit www.wcpltd.com/jobs for an application form and detailed job description. Completed application forms should be returned through the website by 4pm on Wednesday 18th February 2026, however applications will be reviewed as soon as we receive them.
