Job Description

Posting number: 2026-00308

Department: General Services

Division: Cemetery

Job classification: Office Coordinator

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Administration

Summary

Join our team at Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens as a Cemetery Office Coordinator! You'll play a vital role in supporting the Cemetery Manager by coordinating funeral arrangements, managing property and marker sales, and ensuring seamless interment services. This position involves engaging with families, handling administrative tasks like payroll, accounts payable, and daily deposits, and contributing to the smooth operation of the cemetery. If you're organized, compassionate, and ready to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

Examples of duties

This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.

This position has responsibilities that require exerting up to 10 lbs. occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time.

• Coordinates with Cemetery Manager on business operations or assigned functional area(s) such as maintenance; assists with current and prospective customer/guest(s) with requests and facilitates their activities/arrangements as needed; may communicate on behalf of the Manager as needed with other Departments, vendors, and customer/guest(s).
• Performs month end processing with respect to accounting function(s) with Department and the City’s Finance Office.
• Coordinates contracts for outsourced services, burial services, memorial installations, engraving services, and automated fiscal record keeping system(s).
• Handles departmental administrative tasks: submits purchase requests, handles payment processing, coordinates daily reporting and cash deposits and maintains/submits payroll information.
• All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
• Regular and dependable attendance is required.

Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: Two (2) years of experience in cemetery operations, funeral service industry or similar work.
• Licenses: Valid Driver's License required