Assistant Director - Vocational Rehabilitation
Listed on 2026-03-09
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Work Activities Executive Service ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - VOC REHAB Department of Human Services Vocational Rehabilitation Cleveland, TN Statewide
Annual Salary Range: $78,528 - $101,448
Closing Date: 03/16/2026
This is a hybrid position
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Who We Are And What We DoDHS MISSION:
Strengthen Tennessee by Strengthening Tennesseans
DHS VISION:
To revolutionize the customer experience by growing capacity to reduce dependency.
DHS VALUES:
High Performance Collaboration Continuous Improvement A Shared Vision Customer-Centered Solutions
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS), Division of Rehabilitation Services is seeking a dedicated visionary and dynamic leader to serve as an Assistant Director in the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program overseeing Transition and Youth Employment Services. This role is dedicated to leading the efforts of removing barriers to employment for students and youth with disabilities to achieve their career goals.
The Assistant VR Director of Transition and Youth Employment Services is an essential leader within the VR program. This position assists the VR program in fulfilling the purpose of providing employment-focused services for individuals with disabilities consistent with their strengths, priorities, and resources with the ultimate goal of competitive, integrated employment through a customer centered approach. Under the general supervision of the VR Director, the Assistant VR Director of Transition and Youth Employment Services serves as the statewide leader providing strategic vision, public education, and programmatic oversight to ensure students and youth with disabilities receive the valuable services offered through the VR program.
The Assistant VR Director of Transition and Youth Employment is responsible for leading the departments transition programs for students with disabilities to promote the successful transition to life after high school resulting in competitive integrated employment outcomes. The Assistant VR Director of Transition and Youth Employment serves as the principal liaison with the Department of Education and facilitates collaboration with the local education agencies across the state.
This includes implementing processes to ensure high quality transition and youth employment services are delivered to students with disabilities across the state.
- Serves as the subject matter expert for all aspects of transition and youth employment services statewide.
- Leads, guides, and directs the transition and youth employment services team to ensure innovative service delivery opportunities exist for students with disabilities that lead to competitive integrated employment outcomes.
- Evaluates and oversees the organization, structure, and staffing of the transition and youth employment services team to achieve VR program goals including meeting the needs of students with disabilities, the local school systems, and compliance with the requirements of Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) in collaboration with the quality assurance team.
- Establish, maintain, and strengthen relationships with state education and workforce partners including the Department of Education, Economic and Community Development (ECD), and Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DLWD).
- Oversee the various contracts with providers of services that involve transition and youth employment services. As one of the three Assistant VR Directors, provide leadership and guidance to all VR field staff, to include topics specific to transition. This could include providing discussion sessions around best practices to the field in various areas within VR.
- Ensure policy and procedure compliance throughout the state in collaboration with the policy and case management system staff.
- Provide day to day oversight of 25 Transition Services staff, including…
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