VETERANS CEMETERY DIRECTOR - 57535

Executive Service

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Who We are and What we do:

Our mission is to serve veterans of all eras through passionate advocacy, informative outreach, and an honorable final resting place. The Tennessee Department of Veterans Services maintains and manages five Veterans Cemeteries in the state to include one in Nashville, one in Memphis, two in Knoxville and one in Parkers Crossroads.

Job Overview:

Under the general direction of the Assistant Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, Cemetery Director directs, administers, manages, supervises, plans, and organizes the operation of a State Veterans Cemetery. The Cemetery Director is responsible for the cemetery and grounds including the administration building, committal chapel, and equipment. The Cemetery Director is involved in directing or performing a wide range of functions including administrative duties, burial and support services, cemetery grounds maintenance and perpetual care, facility, and equipment maintenance operations, coordinating support group activity, and supply management. Duties also include consultation and interaction with surviving family members and public safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Directs cemetery operations and assumes accountability for the success of cemetery programs and activities; determines cemetery program goals and recommends plans for organizational changes; enforces laws, regulations, and policies pertaining to safety, conduct and decorum within the cemetery.
• Supervises direct reports: Cemetery Foreman and Administrative Assistant 1 positions. Teaches, coaches, and mentors the direct reports to achieve their individual development plan objectives; sets the example as a competent leader of character.
• Oversees the scheduling of interments; manages interments to insure they are accomplished in accordance with Federal, State, and local laws, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinates directly with next-of-kin and funeral home directors to provide desired services.
• Inspects grounds, buildings, facilities, and equipment for serviceability and appearance; plans and implements corrective actions and repairs to maintain cemetery property.
• Promotes the cemetery to expand its target service base; represents the cemetery in matters pertaining to the cemetery; meets with military, local government, interest groups, media, and the public to establish and maintain positive relationships.
• Plans, schedules, and hosts ceremonial events including but not limited to annual Memorial Day Ceremony and the placement of individual U.S. Flags. Organizes placement of wreaths during the annual Wreaths across America, including coordinating and encouraging local community support.

Competencies:

• Conflict Management
  Building Effective Teams
  Managing Vision and Purpose
  Strategic Agility
  Decision Quality

Required Experience:

• Qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub-professional experience or professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis. This is an Executive Service position, and the examination is determined by the Department Commissioner.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to three years of increasingly responsible full-time professional experience.
• Possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessees Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the States policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that persons race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veterans status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.