DCS PROGRAM DIRECTOR 2

• RESIDENTIAL

PLACEMENT TEAM

• STATEWIDE
• 80905 Children's Services
• 3.5 Nashville, TN Job Details Full-time $78,528
• $124,356 a year 3 hours ago Qualifications Bachelor's degree Full Job Description Executive Service

DCS PROGRAM DIRECTOR 2

• RESIDENTIAL

PLACEMENT TEAM

• STATEWIDE Department of Children's Services Network Development Dresden, Jackson, Memphis, Nashville, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Columbia, Cookeville, Chattanooga, Oak Ridge, Knoxville, Maryville, Johnson City, TN Annual Salary:

  $78,528.00
• $101,448.

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Closing Date:

09/14/2026

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.

Job Overview:

The Network Development Residential Team Director is responsible for the oversight and management of approximately fifty agencies providing residential placement and other specialized placement services. The Director has oversight of a team of ten individuals managing the referral and admission of youth to these programs and has the primary responsibility for managing the Department's relationship with the agency and their leadership team.

Key Responsibilities:

The Director serves as the primary contact with their peers in regional operations and statewide services and is responsible for coordinating placement and support with and for the other Network Development functional areas.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to five years of professional work in one or a combination of the following: counseling or case management services program evaluation education auditing accounting business/process improvement And/or social services grant coordination At least four years of this experience must have been in: children or juvenile services program evaluation case review work or process improvement (such as LEAN or Six Sigma certification) in any field listed above. 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.