Administrative Services Assistant

Job Information

• Opening Date/Time: 01/16/2026 12:00AM Central Time
• Closing Date/Time: 01/29/2026 11:59PM Central Time
• Salary (Monthly): $3,631.00
• Salary (Annually): $43,572.00
• Job Type: Full‑Time
• City, State
  
  Location:
  
  Nashville, TN
• Department:
  Board of Parole

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: BOARD OF PAROLE (BOP), BOARD OF PAROLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY

This position is designated Hybrid upon the successful completion of a training period.

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.

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree AND experience equivalent to one year of full‑time professional staff administrative and/or analytic experience.

Substitution of Experience for

Education:

Qualifying full‑time increasingly responsible sub‑professional, para‑professional, or professional experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year‑for‑year basis, to a maximum of four years.

Substitution of Education for

Experience:

Additional graduate coursework in public administration, business administration, or other acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year‑for‑year basis.

OR

One year of professional administrative services experience with the State of Tennessee.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

Positions within the Department of Human Services may be required to:

Positions within the Disability Determinations Section of the Division of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Human Services will be required to complete a federal background check in accordance with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) for issuance of an HSPD-12 compliant Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential card.

Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for staff administrative work of average difficulty in support of line operations; and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: This is the working level class in the Admin Services Assistant sub‑series. An employee in this class performs general staff work in the area of administrative services and support of line operations. Work includes a variety of assignments such as: budget development and maintenance; contract negotiation, development and monitoring; personnel administration; research; planning; information compilation and dissemination; procurement and property administration;

grant proposal review and monitoring; forms design; and report and correspondence preparation. This class differs from that of Admin Services Assistant 1 in that incumbents of the latter function in an entry level capacity under immediate supervision. This class differs from that of Admin Services Assistant 3 in that incumbents of the latter perform work of greater scope and complexity and have more responsibilities for developing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures and often supervise incumbents in this class.

This class differs from that of more specialized classes that perform administrative‑related services and analytic duties in that incumbents of the latter perform these duties within a specific, limited field and function as analytic specialists rather than generalists.

Staffing Organizational Units:

Monitoring and Controlling Resources: