Cemetery Administration Manager

Title: Cemetery Administration Manager

State Role Title: Gen Admin Supv I/Coord I

Hiring Range: $65,000 - $67,000

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept of Veterans Services

Location: Suffolk Cemetery

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Serve Virginia’s veterans and their family members by ensuring they receive the benefits, support, quality care, and recognition they have earned through service and sacrifice. Assist the Cemetery Superintendent with administrations in the operation and overall daily functions of the Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk. Work directly with Funeral Directors and family members, securing supporting documentation for verification of eligibility using all appropriate channels, data entry, and scheduling/attending cemetery services for the deceased.

Perform additional duties as assigned by the Cemetery Superintendent in matters concerning the veteran's cemetery.

• Knowledge of burial and funeral procedures.
• Ability to work in an ever-changing fast‑paced work environment.
• Multi‑phone line experience, filing, skilled in the use of computers, BOSS data entry, responding to routine inquiries.
• Familiar with cemetery grounds equipment/procedures.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex laws and regulations.
• Read and maintain cemetery maps, logs, and schedules.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the general public both orally and in writing.
• Ability to make sound decisions in the absence of the Cemetery Superintendent.
• Ability to direct others.
• Must be detailed and multi‑task oriented.
• Familiar with the maintenance of buildings and grounds of a small/medium‑sized cemetery (0‑1500 burials per year).
• Ability to work outside in all weather conditions. This position requires extensive outdoor work, including daily gravesite and memorial verifications, coordinating funeral services, assisting visitors to gravesites and/or cemetery tours, and working with large groups of people.
• On occasion, as determined by the Cemeteries Director/Cemetery Superintendent, you may be required to work on Saturdays and/or Sundays, and during specific holidays throughout the year (e.g., Memorial Day, Veterans Day).

Other duties as assigned.

Name: DVS HR Team

Phone:
No Calls

Email: recruitmentginia.gov

Note:

Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022 – February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.