TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS MANAGER - 65592

Executive Service

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 Transportation Logistics Unit is responsible for the overall operations, coordination, and documentation of transportation of children and youth in custody. This includes the coordination of transportation for both Dependent and Neglect (D&N) and Juvenile Justice (JJ) youth and children. The Transportation Logistics Manager is responsible for providing oversight to all Transportation Logistics team functions, such as decision-making for transportation needs, assignments and coordination, and final approval and reviews. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of both D&N and JJ transportation policies. The Transportation Logistics Manager will directly oversee the D&N Transport Coordinator, JJ Transport Coordinator and Transportation Admin.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop and implement transportation logistics strategies and policies in line with departmental goals and objectives.
2. Supervise and provide guidance to the D&N Transport Coordinator and JJ Transport Coordinator, ensuring adherence to departmental policies, standards, procedures and safety guidelines.
3. Oversee the coordination of transportation services for children and families involved with the department, both in-home and out-of-home.
4. Monitor and analyze transportation-related data, such as trip records, costs, and performance metrics, to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions.
5. Ensure compliance with all transportation regulations, including those related to youth adjudicated delinquent, child safety and welfare.
6. Collaborate with Statewide Services Training to develop and deliver training for transportation staff to ensure consistent and quality service delivery.
7. Collaborate with stakeholders, including Motor Vehicle Management, Finance and Budget, Regional Operations staff, privatized service providers, and other agencies, to optimize transportation logistics operations.
8. Serve as the point of contact for transportation-related questions, concerns, and escalations from internal and external stakeholders.

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, or program evaluation of counseling or case management services, two years of which must include children's and/or juvenile services program evaluation.

Substitution:

• Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social work, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, human services, and/or child development may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years, there being no substitution for the required two years of children's services program evaluation (e.g. 36 graduate quarter hours in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience).

Substitution:

• Experience equivalent to two years in one or a combination of the following: DCS Program Specialist or DCS Program Coordinator 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.