19/12/2025
🌟 We Are Hiring 🌟
📝 Administrator / Secretary
📍 Newton Abbot
🕛 40 hrs per week 💷 £25,416pa
📍 Tavistock
🕛 30 hrs per week 💷 £19,200pa
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.
We are seeking:
- an Administrator/Secretary to be based at our Newton Abbot branch, 8.30am - 5pm, Monday to Friday
- an Administrator/Secretary to be based at our Tavistock branch, 10am - 4pm, Monday to Friday
The successful candidate will be capable of dealing with front of house enquiries from clients, assisting our funeral directors with the administration required for a funeral, 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 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 at the same time having a smile on your face.
Please bear in mind that all of our branches have ‘Chapels of Rest’ facilities and you may be required to assist the families during their visits. There may 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 7th January 2026, however, applications will be reviewed as we receive them.
