Probation​/Parole District Director

Executive Service

PROBATION/PAROLE DISTRICT DIRECTOR

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

Chattanooga, Tn

Salary: $6544 - $10,363 monthly

Closing Date: 01/26/2026

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.

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The Tennessee Department of Correction operates and oversees 14 adult prisons across the state, housing some 21,000 offenders. In the community, TDOC supervises 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community corrections. The department operates 44 probation/parole offices in 13 districts across the state.

The Tennessee Department of Correction operates safe and secure facilities and provides effective community supervision in support of successful reentry.

To make a difference as a Probation/Parole District Director, focus on empowering staff, implementing evidence-based practices, fostering community engagement, promoting technology & efficiency, and championing a rehabilitative culture, shifting from mere enforcement to true public safety through successful offender reentry and rehabilitation. This involves strong leadership, strategic resource allocation, addressing systemic challenges like heavy caseloads, and building bridges with courts, law enforcement, and community services for better outcomes.

• Strategic planning for implementing accountability strategies for staff and systems and developing and implementing action plans to address identified probation and parole supervision issues.
• Manages Probation/Parole Deputy District Directors and their subordinates in the performance of probation and parole services for adult offenders for a district of the state.
• Creates efficiencies while ensuring the fundamentals of the business are addressed each day.
• Resolves complex operational challenges within district operations, utilizing strategic problem‑solving and collaborative skills, demonstrating the ability to analyze issues, make informed decisions, and ensure sustainable solutions.
• Represents Community Supervision and the Tennessee Department of Correction in performing important public contact and liaison work with law enforcement, court representatives, legislators, community leaders, offenders, their families, victims, and the general public.
• Develops ways to motivate, coach, and inspire staff, including acknowledging accomplishments and implementing accountability measures for performance issues.

This position requires graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree and experience equivalent to five years of full‑time professional level experience in one or more of the following: probation/parole, counseling, social work, investigative, or legal experience, of which three years must be at a lead or supervisory level in probation/parole work.

Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social science, criminal justice, criminology, social work, and/or law may be substituted for the required experience to a maximum of two years (e.g., an additional 36 graduate quarter hours in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience).

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.