About the role
Job Information State of Tennessee Job Information Opening Date/Time 09/05/2026 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time 09/20/2026 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly) $4,057.00
Salary (Annually) $48,684.00
Job Type Full-Time
City, State Location Nashville, Tennessee
Department Safety and Homeland Security
LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY, DAVIDSON COUNTY 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. This is an on-site position. For More Information, Visit The Link Below https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/safety/documents/MemoHiringProcessDuration.pdf Qualifications Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree AND experience equivalent to three years of increasingly responsible full-time professional staff administrative experience.
Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub professional, paraprofessional, 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, to a maximum of two years.
OR Two years of increasingly responsible professional administrative services experience with the State of Tennessee.
Overview The Administrative Services Assistant 3 provides administrative and operational support to the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN) with a focus on procurement support and documentation compliance. This role serves as support between internal sections with TACN, ensuring timely communication, accurate recordkeeping, and adherence to organizational and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Assist in drafting, reviewing, tracking, and maintaining TACN Procurement to include quotes, requests for purchase, purchase orders, and invoices.
- Ensuring for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to division and departmental standards.
- Review and process incoming support documentation from radio technicians from across the state to include Lidar and Radar Recertications, fuel delivery tickets, and vendor sign-in sheets.
- Maintain organized fling systems, both electronic and physical, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and compliance with contracts and state retention standards.
- Support statewide vehicle equipment inventory efforts by coordinating with Vehicles Servicers shops to track, document, and update equipment assignments.
- Ensure accurate, up-to-date inventory records, enabling reliable accountability, development planning, and lifecycle management.
- Maintain comprehensive inventory control by monitory equipment status, managing surplus and replacement processes, and providing regular inventory reporting to agency leadership.
- Ensure sim card data is submitted to the FirstNet Administrator, adhering to departmental processes, for all activation/deactivation requests for in-vehicle wireless routers.
- Create, update, and manage a spreadsheet tracking all requests for
- activation/deactivation of sim cards, to include each of the vendors.
- Support special projects and other duties as assigned.
Competencies (KSA's) Competencies
- Communicates Effectively
- Manages Complexity
- Manages Conflict
- Cultivates Innovation
- Motivating Others
- Decision Quality
Knowledges
- Administrative and Management
- Economics and Accounting
- Law and Government
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Customer and Personal Service
Skills
- Active Learning and Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Management of Financial Resources
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Management of Personnel Resources
Abilities
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Problem Sensitivity
- Selective Attention
- Written Comprehension
Tools & Equipment
- Personal Computer
- Telephone
- Copy Machine
- Scanner
- Calculator
TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:
- A valid driver's license
- For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.
Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.
- Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.
Millions of jobs, with real people getting hired every day
Questions, answered
Click "Apply with JobAssist" – we tailor your resume and application to this role and submit it for your approval.
Yes. This role at State of Tennessee was screened before publishing – we confirmed the employer before listing it.
The employer didn't disclose a salary range for this listing. JobAssist shows pay whenever it's available.
This position can be done from anywhere, with no in-office requirement.
Yes – every application is tailored from your profile and this job's requirements, and you can review and edit before it's sent.