Executive Service SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE ¿ WEST Tennessee Department of Correction OIC Investigations Unit Jackson, TN Monthly salary: $6,479 - $10,260 For information, visit the following link: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/correction/documents/PositionAnnouncementSpecialAgentInChargeWest.pdf Closing Date: 9/23/2024 Who we are and what we do: 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 prisons and provides effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety. Job overview: The TDOC Special Agent in Charge assigned to the Investigations Unit (IU) oversees Special Agents and Institutional Investigators who conduct both criminal and administrative investigations involving TDOC staff, facilities, offenders, and inmates. Key responsibilities: * The special Agent in Charge duties include: * Exercise effective supervision of assigned Special Agents and Institutional Investigators * Ability to read and understand laws, regulations, police/correction literature and departmental rules, policies and procedures and to effectively utilize them in the field. * Ability to identify training needs and set up training for staff. * Ability to review reports for clarity and accuracy in a timely manner. * Identify strengths and weaknesses of subordinate staff to maximize performance. * Oversee both criminal and administrative investigations. * Make criminal arrests and serve outstanding criminal warrants and summons. * Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal, and other local, state, and federal law enforcement partners. Required Experience: All applicants must be a U.S. Citizen, 21 years of age, and possess a valid Tennessee driver's license at the time of hire. Applicants must successfully pass a structured interview, meet medical and psychological qualifications, and complete a background check. Applicants must be willing to and able to qualify with, carry, and use assigned weapons. Candidate must participate in pre-employment, random and all other drug and substance abuse testing as required by departmental policies and procedures. Minimum qualifications: * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and five (5) years of experience as a police officer, correction, or probation/parole officer. * Experience performing or instructing in criminal investigation work in a government setting, law enforcement, professional criminal law, and/or similar related field may substitute for the required education on a year for year basis. * Successful completion of a state or federal law enforcement academy. * Prior supervisor experience is preferred. 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.