Administrative Services Assistant

Job Information

• Opening Date/Time
  : 01/23/2026 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
• Location
  :
  Nashville, Tennessee
• Department
  :
  Safety and Homeland Security
• Location of Position(s): DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY, HIGHWAY PATROL DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY
• More Information
  :
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• Work Arrangement
  :
  This position is primarily on site with the possibility of a hybrid work schedule.
• Background Check
  :
  This position requires a criminal background check. Candidates may be required to provide information about their criminal history.

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree AND one year of full‑time professional staff administrative and/or analytical 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 HSPD‑12 for issuance of an HSPD‑12 compliant Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential card.

Under general supervision, is responsible for staff administrative work of average difficulty in support of line operations; and performs related work as required. This is the working level in the Admin Services Assistant sub‑series and work includes a variety of assignments such as budget development and maintenance; contract 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 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.