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SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY SEEKS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency, an agency that provides a variety of social services and rural transportation throughout a nine county region to low-income, elderly and disabled individuals will accept resumes for the position of Executive Director through the close of business on Friday, June 1st, 2012. Corporate office headquarters are located at

312 Resource Road

Dunlap, Tennessee 37327

Resumes must be addressed to:

SETHRA Selection Committee

c/o P. O. Box 667

Jasper, Tennessee 37347

Attn: Executive Director Position.

 Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.

It is the policy of the Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to any legally protected status: such as race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or veterans status.

 

SETHRA's Selection Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any or all resumes.

Executive Director Job Description.pdf

 
About Us

SETHRA was organized in 1973 under the Human Resource Act of 1973, as amended. We are a 501(c)(3) organization with a goal of working hand-in-hand with state, local, federal and affiliated organizations. We have grown from a small agency providing only a few programs to a multi-million-dollar agency, administering greater than thirtys in the region. SETHRA operates in the following Tennessee Counties: Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie.

Mission
It is the mission of Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency to empower families, moving them from dependence to independence, by providing comprehensive services in collaboration with local, state, and federal resources.

Vision
It is the vision of Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency to develop programs that respond to emerging needs of Tennessee families and fight the war against poverty. This will be accomplished by creating a society in which everyone has the capacity to be productive, resourceful, and achieve self-sufficiency.

 
How We Work
Our mission is carried out through a variety of means including: (a) community-wide assessments of needs and strengths, (b) comprehensive antipoverty plans and strategies, (c) provision of a broad range of direct services, (d) mobilization of financial and non-financial resources, (e) advocacy on behalf of low-income people and (f) partnerships with other community-based organizations to eliminate poverty. SETHRA involves the low-income population it serves in the planning, administering and evaluating of its programs
 
Board Of Directors
 
Executive Committee

A tripartite Board of Directors governs SETHRA. This board is comprised of elected public officials, private sector representatives, and especially low-income residents. The board of director's primary purpose is to assure that SETHRA fulfills its mission and meets its goals. More specifically, the board of directors' purpose is to set broad policy, review and approve programs and budgets developed and implemented by the Executive Director, and ensure financial stability and accountability.

 
Billy Simpson – Chairman of the Board, Mayor of Jasper
Lonnie Cleek – Grundy County Mayor
Garland Lankford – Meigs County Mayor
Bobby Collier - Bledsoe County Mayor
Greg Johnson - Mayor of Pikeville
Gary Davis - Bradley County Mayor
John Graham - Marion County Mayor
Bill James - Mayor of Decatur
John Gentry – Vice Chairman of the Board, McMinn County Mayor
Hal Butram - Mayor of Athens
Hoyt Firestone - Polk County Mayor
George Thacker - Rhea County Mayor
Bob Vincent - Mayor of Dayton
Claude Lewis – Sequatchie County Mayor
Dwain Land - Mayor of Dunlap
 

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