Tulare Public Cemetery District Manager

Job Description:

Tulare Public Cemetery District Manager

Description

This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies within the Tulare Public Cemetery. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. If interested in employment for this position for current or future vacancies, please submit an online application for consideration.
Salary range is $70,000 - 100,000. Placement in salary range dependent on qualifications.

Current vacancy is with the Tulare Public Cemetery located in Tulare. The anticipated life of the list is six months.

Typical Duties

• Plan, schedule, direct and supervise the personnel, grounds and office functions at a cemetery.

• Coordinate, direct, and perform maintenance, security and beautification of the district cemetery grounds, facilities, and equipment.

• Supervise all activities involved in sales and service, including administration, financial, and clerical procedures.

• Formulate, develop, and implement short-range and long-range plans to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of cemetery operations.

• Select, train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of all staff, consultants and contractors, except for the general counsel or other legal services provider.

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Minimum Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which are required and equivalent to the following.

Knowledge of:

• Operational management including grounds and office activities.
• Principles and practices of management, supervision and training.
• Accounting and budgeting practices and techniques, including QuickBooks.
• Payroll, benefits, pensions, public bidding procedures, prevailing wage requirements, and broader public administration practices.
• Interpersonal skills including tact, courtesy and diplomacy.
• Familiarity of the California Health and Safety Code as it relates to cemetery operations.
• Familiarity of reorganization processes, procedures, and review of by-laws.

Skill/Ability to::

• Prepare, review and analyze financial and statistical data.
• Coordinate and supervise a variety of diverse activities concurrently.
• Prepare, control, review and analyze budgets, financial statements and reports.
• Interpret rules and regulations
• Develop and implement procedures, policies, and protocols.

• Select, supervise and train assigned personnel.
• Communicate and relate to others effectively in written and oral form.
• Establish cooperative and effective working relations with grounds staff; public groups and organizations; District Trustees, and other governmental agencies
• Demonstrated ability to compassionately and respectfully work with members of the public who are experiencing grief, loss and financial stress
• Develop and implement long-and short-term plans to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of cemetery operations.
  • Assure compliance with established cemetery policies, regulations, directives and requirements.

WORKING CONDITIONS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

• This position operates in a professional office environment as well as outdoors at times in all types of weather.
• Schedule is typically Monday through Friday during regular business hours with occasional work on weekends and holidays depending on burials and outreach events.
• May operate a district vehicle to drive between cemeteries and facilities.
• May have need to use applicable personal protective equipment including but not limited to hearing protection, vision protection, respirator/mask, and safety shoes or boots.
• Routinely uses standard office equipment, including computers, printers, and mobile devices.
• Is required to stand; walk on uneven ground; sit for extended periods; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk and hear.
• Must occasionally lift or move products and supplies, up to 50 pounds

Education:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12 th ) grade.
• Desirable: Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Management, or Business Administration

Experience:

• Five (5) years of management experience in business management, office administration and supervision.

Equivalency:

• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tulare Public Cemetery District Manager

Tulare Public Cemetery District provides certain mandated and discretionary benefits to qualified employees. These benefits are described below to provide you a brief summary of selected features of the benefit program. Tulare Public Cemetery District reserves the right to modify, supplement, curtail, or eliminate any feature of a benefit plan, or the entire benefit program, if the employer determines, in its sole discretion, that such action is warranted.

Health Insurance: Tulare Public Cemetery District will pay the employee's premium for the group insurance. If you wish to have dependent coverage, the cost of the dependent coverage will be paid solely by you and deducted from your check as a payroll deduction.

Retirement: A retirement program will be made available to you as a "regular full-time employee" continuously employed by Tulare Public Cemetery District. If available to you, details of the plan will be provided to you and included in a Plan Document that gives full disclosure on the program.

Paid Holiday Leave: 11 set days and 1 floating holiday.

Paid Time Off: "Regular full-time employees" who have been continuously employed by Tulare Public Cemetery District for the following periods will receive the listed PTOs annually with pay based on straight time (S/T) hours:

112 hours (1-3 years of service)
136 hours (4-6 years of service)
160 hours (6-10 years of service)
184 hours (11-15 years of service)
208 hours (16-20 years of service)
232 hours (21+ years of service)

Paid Time Off time ceases to be earned when the employee has accumulated the listed amounts in the chart below and will not resume until the accumulation falls below the maximum accumulation amount for that earning year.

One (1) to three (3) years

168 hours Cap

Four (4) to five (5) years

204 hours Cap

Six (6) to ten (10) years

240 hours Cap

Eleven (11) to fifteen (15) years

276 hours Cap

Sixteen (16) to twenty (20) years

312 hours Cap

Twenty-One (21) years and thereafter

348 hours Cap

On December 1st of each year employees may request to cash out ½ of their accrued and unused Paid Time Off (PTO). This is the only time of the year an employee can cash out other than during separation of employment.

Disability Insurance: Employees are covered by State Disability Insurance. The premium is paid by the employee.

Social Security – Medicare: As an employee of Tulare Public Cemetery District, you are covered under the provisions of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) better known as Social Security and Medicare. Social Security benefits are often a significant foundation in providing you and your family a retirement income. The amount deducted from your wages for Social Security taxes is matched by Tulare Public Cemetery District.

The Provisions Of This Bulletin Do Not Constitute An Expressed Or Implied Contract And Are Subject To Change.

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

Salary:

$70,000.00 - $100,000.00 Annually