Job description
Supplemental Information
The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
This position is at the Northwest Louisiana Veteran's Cemetery located 15-20 miles from Shreveport/Bossier in Keithville, LA.
The job duties include the overall direction, management, and coordination of all operating functions of a cemetery. As a state Veterans Cemetery the Director will be required to meet the National Shrine standards and measures of the National Cemetery Administration. Unlike a funeral home that prepares the deceased for burial, the cemetery is responsible for coordinating honors when requested, placing the deceased casket or urn in their final resting place and maintaining the grounds and gravesites. All cemetery operations are accomplished through the management and direction of a staff consisting of outside grounds keepers and an office Administrative Coordinator. Hiring preference may be given to honorably discharged veterans from the United State Armed Forces and applicants with prior cemetery administrative experience.
The Administrative Program Manager 2 is responsible for the overall direction, management and coordination of all operating functions at one of the LDVA Veterans Cemeteries. They will report directly to the Cemetery Program Director. This is one of five multi-burial state of the art cemeteries located thorough out the state: Keithville (NWLVC), Leesville (CLVC), Rayville (NELVC), Jennings (SWLVC), and Slidell (SELVC). The Keithville cemetery consists of 81 acres of land with over 3500 available grave sites which will primarily serve deceased veterans and qualified dependents.
This position directly supervises the Horticultural Attendant Superintendent and an Administrative Coordinator 4 positions. This position receives direct supervision from The Administrative Program Director 1 position in LDVA.
The position will be filled by a probation appointment or promotion of a permanent state employee.
A Resume will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed.
There is no guarantee that all applicants will be interviewed. The hiring manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be notified by the contact information listed on your application.
Testing Information:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process by selecting the 'Applications' link after logging into their account. Below are the most common status messages and their meanings.
DISQUALIFICATION:
While we encourage all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that there are various reasons that your application may be disqualified from consideration including, but not limited, to:
- Failure to fully complete the education and work experience sections of the application; (Please note for the education section that the semester area refers to the # of credit HOURS and not the # of semesters you completed)
- Submission of a resume and/or SF-10 application in lieu of the online application. Information on the resume will not substitute and must also be included on the actual job application in order to be considered.
- Failure to list complete license information (if applicable to the job position).
- Failure to submit an equivalency evaluation statement for an international degree by the closing of this announcement.
Jodeci Alsobrook
Human Resources Specialist
Jodeci.Alsobrook2@la.gov
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus two years of professional level experience in administrative services.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
NOTE:
Examples of professional administrative service fields include: Accounting, Financial Auditing, Budget work, Contract/Grants work, Human Resources/Personnel, Information technology, Insurance, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality assurance, Records management, Risk management, and Safety. In the area of wholesale/retail sales, we will also accept store managers, business managers, regional sales managers, or district sales managers as experience in administrative services.
NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
FUNCTION OF WORK:
To manage administrative program areas and support functions for an organizational institution, office, or department.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad from an agency administrator or manager of a higher-level.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct over 2 or more lower-level positions.
LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all agencies.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Administrative Program Manager jobs within this job series differ by a combination of independence, organizational control, complexity, and scope.
Administrative Program Manager 2 positions differ from those allocated to the job of Administrative Program Director 2 by the absence of directing administrative programs and support functions and by the supervision exercised.
Examples of Work
Any level of this series may involve two-to-twenty administrative functions, such as; human resources, purchasing, information technology, inventory, property control, accounting, safety, risk management, records management, security, inventory, mail operations, contracts/grants, insurance, and budget.
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