Location
London Borough of Waltham Forest, with travel across London, Essex and surrounding areas.

Hours
Part-time, 18 hours per week

Salary
£31,290 - £33,129 per year (Scale 4)

About the Role
As a Mortuary Support Personnel, you will contribute to the logistics processes supporting the safe and effective running of the Mortuary Logistics Service within the London Borough of Waltham Forest, Essex and wider London area. Based primarily at the Mortuary Office, you will be responsible for collecting, delivering, and transferring deceased persons between the East London Forensic Centre, Essex mortuary facilities, and other authorised locations. Your duties will include driving, deceased-person transfer, manual handling, traceability, and other mortuary support tasks in accordance with approved Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments, and service instructions. You will assist mortuary managers and the wider team to ensure the effective operation of the service while maintaining consistency with the Council’s quality and equality standards.

Experience
- Full, valid UK driving licence appropriate for the service vehicle and experience driving vans.
- Experience or understanding of mortuary, funeral director, pathology, healthcare logistics or related work.
- Knowledge of deceased-person identification, dignity, confidentiality, traceability and chain-of-custody requirements.
- Experience or understanding of manual handling and safe use of transfer equipment.
- Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments, lawful instructions and infection prevention requirements.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Competence in using IT systems, mobile devices and case-management databases accurately.
- Flexibility to travel across London, Essex and surrounding areas and participate in out-of-hours or on-call arrangements when required.

About you
You are reliable, conscientious and respectful of the sensitive nature of mortuary work. You demonstrate a strong commitment to maintaining dignity, confidentiality and safety in all tasks. You are able to work flexibly and adapt to the demands of the role, including travel and occasional out-of-hours duties.

Qualifications
No formal qualifications are specified; however, a clean, valid UK driving licence and relevant experience or understanding of mortuary or healthcare logistics are essential. You must have a command of spoken English sufficient for effective performance of your role.