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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ASSISTANT 2* - 09232025- 71388

State of Tennessee
$3,595.00 - $5,380.00 / month
United States, Tennessee, Knoxville
531 Henley Street (Show on map)
Sep 23, 2025

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information
Opening Date/Time 09/23/2025 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time 10/07/2025 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly) $3,595.00 - $4,488.00
Salary (Annually) $43,140.00 - $53,856.00
Job Type Full-Time
City, State Location

Knoxville, TN

Jacksboro, TN

Johnson City, TN
Department Transportation

LOCATION OF (3) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, REGION 1 ADMINISTRATION, CAMPBELL COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, KNOX COUNTY

These positions are in Region 1 - District 17 & 19 Operations - Maintenance and Field Operations Sections.

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 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.

Overview


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.

Responsibilities


Staffing Organizational Units:
  1. May make recommendations on staff employment, retention, promotion, demotion, and other human resources actions.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources:
  1. Reviews operating budgets to determine the agency's budgetary needs.
  2. Prepares budgets for the agency.
  3. Conducts grant administration and monitoring to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
  4. Monitors the agency's purchase orders to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
  5. Maintains appropriate records of agency inventory and property.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:
  1. Serves as a liaison between the agency and the general public, persons in other state departments and divisions, officials, and entities outside the organization in order to explain matters of procedure and regulation.
  2. Prepares and edits organizational publications for a variety of audiences.

Interacting with Computers:
  1. Utilizes appropriate computer programs to accomplish administrative activities.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others:
  1. Coordinates the preparation of routine records and reports to ensure compliance with agency standards.

Training and Teaching Others:
  1. May train less experienced staff.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:
  1. May write job plans to ensure performance objectives are established.
  2. May conduct performance evaluations to provide feedback on employee performance.
  3. May supervise sub-professional staff.

Performing Administrative Activities:
  1. Performs human resources administration in one or more of the following areas: employee relations, affirmative action, recruitment, employee development, and training.
  2. May act as the Administrative Services Officer for a small agency, division, or comparable unit.
  3. Plans programs to meet agency objectives.
  4. Performs a variety of general staff administrative duties to support program operations.
  5. Conducts space planning and facility management to ensure environment, health, and safety standards are met.
  6. Coordinates printing services for the agency.

Analyzing Data or Information:
  1. Interprets and enforces existing policies and methods.
  2. Analyzes pertinent policies and procedures to make recommendations for improvements.
  3. Analyzes the organization, economy, efficiency, and quality of agency operations and services to make recommendations for improvements.

Documenting/Recording Information:
  1. Prepares records and reports to meet agency needs.
  2. Reviews records and reports in order to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to standards.
  3. Maintains agency records based on established guidelines.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:
  1. Communicates project status or other relevant information to supervisors on a regular basis.

Getting Information:
  1. Conducts research in one or more of the following areas to obtain relevant information: fiscal, economic, non-technical legal, legislative, and publications.

Scheduling Work and Activities:
  1. May make work assignments to staff in order to achieve agency objectives.

Competencies (KSA's)

Competencies:

  1. Written Communications
  2. Learning on the Fly
  3. Time Management
  4. Action Oriented
  5. Business Acumen
  6. Creativity
  7. Customer Focus
  8. Decision Quality
  9. Technical Learning
  10. Self-Knowledge

Knowledge:

  1. Administrative and Management
  2. Computers and Electronics
  3. Economics and Accounting
  4. Mathematics
  5. Principles and Methods for Education and Training
  6. Principles and Procedures of Human Resources
  7. Providing Customer Service

Skills:

  1. Active Learning and Listening
  2. Coordination of Administrative Activities
  3. Critical Thinking
  4. Equipment Maintenance
  5. Instructing
  6. Judgment and Decision Making
  7. Management of Financial Resources
  8. Management of Personnel Resources
  9. Mathematic
  10. Monitoring
  11. Negotiation
  12. Reading Comprehension
  13. Service Orientation
  14. Social Perceptiveness
  15. Speaking
  16. Time Management
  17. Troubleshooting
  18. Writing

Abilities:

  1. Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
  2. Oral Expression and Comprehension
  3. Problem Sensitivity
  4. Selective Attention
  5. Time Sharing
  6. Written Expression and Comprehension

Tools & Equipment

  1. Personal Computer
  2. Telephone
  3. Microfiche
  4. Microfilm
  5. Fax Machine
  6. Printer
  7. Scanner
  8. Copy Machine
  9. Calculator
  10. Retail Sales Equipment

Other Office Related Equipment as Required



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