Employee Facilities Maintenance / Funeral Director (Cemetery Gardener) 100%

PRATTELN, OUR FUTURE

Employee Facilities Maintenance / Funeral Director (Cemetery Gardener) 100%

01.01.2027

Our municipality is developing into a regional center. Where industry once was, sustainable, lively neighborhoods with plenty of green spaces are emerging. Good public transport links, a strong local economy, and a clear commitment to social justice make it an attractive place to live and work. Diversity, openness, and co-determination shape our community life – supported by a modern administration.

As a cemetery gardener and funeral director, you will contribute to ensuring that our cemetery remains a well-maintained and dignified place of rest, remembrance, and encounter. A varied activity in nature awaits you, with responsibility, creativity, and manual skill. If you want to use your expertise with care and empathy, we look forward to getting to know you.

Your daily challenges. You…

• ensure a dignified process for earth and urn burials and act as a competent contact person for visitors and relatives.

• monitor, maintain, and repair operational facilities, buildings, vehicles, machinery, and equipment, and coordinate third-party work.
• organize and carry out administrative tasks such as work reports, material orders, burial books, and the preparation of simple reports and decision-making bases.
• are responsible for the care and maintenance of green spaces, flower beds, and grave sites.
• participate in projects, new regulations, and commissions and take on additional tasks on behalf of supervisors.

These skills you bring. You…

• have completed vocational training in a trade, preferably as a landscape gardener, operations practical, or equivalent training.
• have several years of professional experience and work independently, reliably, and responsibly.
• convince with strong communication skills, assertiveness, and excellent organizational talent.
• possess a driver's license and ideally have foreign language skills.
• enjoy working alone and taking personal responsibility, while maintaining professional interaction with different stakeholder groups.
• show willingness to develop professionally and to complete the necessary training and further education for the role and occasionally work outside of regular working hours.

What we offer you.

We offer you a varied and responsible role, contemporary employment conditions, and supportive assistance with further training.

Employees at the Center Appreciation, respect, and reliability shape our collaboration. Because you are important to us, we protect and promote your health and ensure safety at the workplace.
Flexible Working Hours With flexible working hours and part-time work, we support your individual life models. Additionally, there are interesting options for early or partial retirement. Overtime should be compensated. For this, working hours are recorded with us.
Mobile Working Some work can be done from home or another location. These increase the flexibility of work organization and your work-life balance.
Generous Vacation and Leave You are entitled to at least five weeks of vacation. There is also the option to convert the 13th-month salary into additional leave or to take unpaid leave.
Fair and Transparent Salaries The municipality lives its role model function and is clearly committed to a fair wage policy. We use a transparent and comprehensible salary system. Good performance and dedicated work have a positive impact on your personal salary development.
Advancement Our personnel planning is geared towards the long term and sustainability. This particularly includes promoting the personal and professional development of employees, specialists, and managers.
We look forward to your online application by 31.10.2026.
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• Municipality of Pratteln
  Baslerstrasse 33
  4133 Pratteln

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