DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR - 76246

Executive Service

This position is designated as Hybrid.

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS) is a voluntary program that offers therapy and other services to infants and young children with developmental delays or disabilities. Referrals are accepted for children up to the age of three, but eligible children enrolled in TEIS may choose to stay in services through the start of the school year after they turn five.

Job Overview:

The TEIS District Administrator oversees one of the 9 districts across the state. The TEIS District Administrator monitors all functions of the district, including state and federal requirements, all district staff (functions and performance), and community engagement and involvement.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Manage district-level operations by hiring and supervising staff and overseeing daily office functions and ensure performance management activities are completed timely.
2. Lead the district in meeting federal, state, and internal standards of compliance and quality by coordinating results and compliance monitoring activities.
3. Ensure completion of chart reviews and participate in monitoring meetings.
4. Ensure the provision of services for children enrolled in TEIS by maintaining regular communication with providers and monitoring service availability.
5. Schedule and facilitate meetings with district providers and evaluation agencies as measured by a service availability log.
6. Coordinate district engagement in the community by identifying areas for district improvement, facilitating child find efforts, and managing external partnerships.
7. Implement community engagement activities as outlined in the district plan of action.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to four years of professional social services work.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in any social and/or behavioral science may substitute for the required experience to a maximum of two years.

Substitution of Experience for Education: Four years of professional social services work with the State of Tennessee.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's 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 State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.