INSTITUTIONAL PROBATION PAROLE SPECIALIST - 09222026-81183

State of Tennessee

Clifton (TN)

On-site

USD 49,000 - 73,000

Full time

6 hours ago

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Job summary

State of Tennessee is seeking an Institutional Prob/Par Specialist for the Department of Correction in Clifton, TN. The role supports parole hearings, manages confidential information, and coordinates with the Board of Parole to ensure timely processing.

You will work in an institutional setting, handling sensitive data and supporting inmates through the parole process, including pre-hearing classes and coordination with staff across departments.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional level experience in probation/parole, counseling, social work, investigative, or law enforcement.
Graduate course work in social science, behavioral science, criminal justice, criminology, social work, and/or law may substitute for up to one year of required experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinates Parole Grant and Revocation hearings to ensure timely and efficient hearings.
Notifies staff and inmates about upcoming hearings and delivers parole-related notifications.
Reviews dockets, documents offender profiles, and updates time served for docket calculations.
Distributes Community Supervision for Life certificates to the appropriate offices.
Maintains notification letters and logs, and tracks program completion dates.

Skills

Active Learning

Coordination

Instructing

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Computer

Telephone

Fax Machine

Scanner

Video Equipment

Job description

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time 09/22/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Job Information

Opening Date/Time 09/22/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time 10/05/2026 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly) $4,057.00 - $6,099.00

Salary (Annually) $48,684.00 - $73,188.00

Job Type Full-Time

City, State Location Clifton, TN

Department Correction

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, WAYNE COUNTY

A Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) screening will be conducted prior to employment.

This position is located at South Central Correctional Facility.

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.

Qualifications

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 level experience in one or more of the following: probation/parole, counseling, social work, investigative, or law enforcement.

Substitution of Graduate Course Work for Experience:

Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social science, behavioral science, criminal justice, criminology, social work, and/or law may substitute for the required experience to a maximum of one year (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).

Necessary Special Qualifications:

Be a citizen of the United States; Have a good moral character, as determined by investigation;
Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority;
Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointing authority;
Supply a fingerprint sample in a manner prescribed by the TBI for a fingerprint based criminal history records check;
Have no conviction for a felony or any domestic assault convictions or have been discharged under any other than honorable conditions from any branch of the United States armed forces;
Submit to and pass a pre-employment screening test for use of illegal drugs;
Possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment.

Overview

Under general direction, is responsible for professional probation and parole administrative work of average difficulty and related work as required. This is the working level classification in the Institutional Prob/Par Specialist series. An employee in this classification acts as a liaison in an institutional prison/jail between the Department of Correction and the Board of Parole for the purpose of ensuring that the information necessary for parole hearings is provided to the Board of Parole timely and efficiently. This position works in an institutional setting to facilitate parole hearings and handle confidential and restricted information to include medical and mental health information. The Institutional Prob/Par Specialist is not a commissioned position. This classification differs from the Institutional Prob/Par Supervisor classification in that the incumbent of the latter supervises one or a set of Institutional Prob/Par Specialists.

Responsibilities

Ensures appropriate coordination of Parole Grant and Revocation hearings and ensuring components necessary for efficient hearings are in place and available to the hearing official, limiting disruption and delay in the hearing process.
Reviews parole dockets, notifies prison wardens and staff about upcoming hearings; executes and deliver parole-related notifications to inmates in accordance with TDOC policies and procedures to ensure offenders are informed about the events in the parole process and are ready for release in a timely manner. The employee also holds pre-hearing classes for inmates according to policy.
Ensures contact notes are entered in the Offender Management System according to policy, and completes offender profiles, interviews offenders, and calculates average time served in accordance with the monthly docket.
Executes and delivers Community Supervision for Life certificates to the offender, institutional records office staff, the supervising Probation/Parole Officer, and Board Operations file room at the Board of Parole.
Serves, scans, and mails the notification letters of the parole board's final decision.
Maintains certificate log by entering program projected completion dates, requesting rescission hearings, and updates any program changes.
Verifies information for electronic paperless files, screening for missing material and tracking the status of such material. The employee scans all offender profiles, release plans, letters of support/opposition, and certificates into the electronic paperless system.
Serves parole notice of charges and waivers on violators in the institution and handles all release plan information for inmates.

Competencies (KSA's)