Cemetery Caretaker

Job Details

• Job
• Location:
  
  Suffolk Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia, United States
• Agency:
  Dept of Veterans Services
• Division:
  Trades and Operations
• Classification:
  Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
• Pay: $22.00 hourly, Pay Band 4
• Recruitment Type:
  General Public - G
• Closing:
  Jun 19 2026 - 23:55 EDT

Serve Virginia's veterans and their family members by ensuring they receive the benefits, support, quality care, and recognition they have earned through service and sacrifice.

• Familiar with all cemetery grounds maintenance procedures and practices, including section maps, pins, and gravesite numbering system.
• Knowledge of preventative maintenance for cemetery light and heavy equipment, operation of power hand tools, plastering, plumbing, roof repairs, and carpentry.
• Ability to lift/maneuver a 220‑pound grave marker with the help of one additional person.

Any combination of education and job experience that leads to the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed above. High school education/GED or cemetery experience of six (6) months. The position requires a valid Virginia driver’s license.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter.

Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note:

Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022
- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Name: DVS HR Team
Phone:
No Calls
Email: recruitmentginia.gov

Equal Opportunity Employer