Cemetery Caretaker Supervisor

Position: Cemetery Caretaker Supervisor.

Duties:
Incumbent will be responsible for daily gravesite assignments based on interment scheduling. Incumbent will verify interments for accuracy and immediately report and/or rectify any potentially negative situations. Incumbent will be responsible for training employees on interment operations. Incumbent will be first line supervisor of all employees under the Interments section of the organizational chart. Incumbent will supervise all authorized disinterments.

Incumbent works closely with office staff to order, receive, inspect, and enter data for all headstones and markers. Assists organizations in the placement of memorial monuments that are donated. Primary point of contact for volunteers.
Work schedule
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May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year.

Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work. Compressed/Flexible

Schedule:

Not Available Position Description Title/PD#:
Cemetery Caretaker Supervisor/ PD1611028 The full performance level of this position is WS - 08.
Relocation Expenses
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Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

May be Authorized Financial Disclosure Report
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Not Required Requirements Conditions of employment

• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Pass a pre-employment medical examination.
• Must possess a valid REAL  state driver's license.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement,10/15/2026. Candidates must demonstrate the potential to supervise work related to landscaping, groundskeeping, or related trades, including the use of hand tools, power tools, and the safe operation of machinery and equipment used in cemetery caretaking. Evidence of this potential can be shown through work, training, or education that establishes proficiency in these tasks.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C.
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements.

The Screen-out Element(s) For This Position Are/is

• Ability to do the job without more than normal supervision.
• Must possess and maintain a valid REAL  state driver's license.

JOB ELEMENTS:
Those who meet the minimum level of experience and training for the screen-out element will then be evaluated in each of the following job elements:
Lead or Supervise Motor Vehicles Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Work Practices Technical Practices Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer…