The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seeks interested and qualified candidates for the following open positions:
Legal Instrument Examiner – Associate
Tennessee Instant Check System (TICS)Unit
TBI Headquarters
Davidson County
1 Vacancy
Job Duties: Receives telephonic and electronic inquiries and performs personal identifying information (PII) (e.g., Name, date of birth, etc.) searches of federal and state databases via the Tennessee Instant Check System (TICS) Flex-check system.
Verifies the Federal Firearm Licensee (FFL) identifying information to process requests. Reviews PII on potential gun buyers and compares it to potential matches in federal and state databases. Adheres to security and privacy regulations and policies to ensure that criminal history information will not be released. Receives, reviews and analyzes criminal record responses and police reports to determine if any prohibiting factors exist. Updates criminal history databases as needed. Notifies the FFL on the final determination of the transaction. Receives telephonic inquiries and answers general questions from the general public and FFL’s. Resolves cases under stringent deadlines in a high stress environment.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Two years of coursework at an accredited college or university.
Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time professional experience with disposition of firearms may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis to a maximum of two years.
Monthly Salary: $3,150 – $4,733
For Additional Information Contact: TBI Human Resources Unit at TBI.HR@tn.gov.
To Apply: Please visit the Tennessee Department of Human Resources website at www.tn.gov/hr. Apply to Job Opening 49628. This position will remain posted from August 24, 2023 – September 6, 2023 for 10 business days.
Administrative Assistant 1
Knoxville Crime Laboratory
1 Vacancy
Job Duties: Administrative assistants handle general office tasks and administrative duties, such as directing communications between colleagues and customers, organizing schedules and events, entering data, bookkeeping, organizing and maintaining orders for the organization and maintaining office equipment.
Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree; qualifying full-time increasingly responsible sub-professional experience, or paraprofessional, or professional experience, may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.
Monthly Salary: $3,542 – $5,300
For Additional Information Contact: TBI Human Resources Unit at TBI.HR@tn.gov.
To Apply: Please visit the Tennessee Department of Human Resources website at www.tn.gov/hr. Apply to Job Opening 49689. This position will remain posted from August 24, 2023 – August 30, 2023 for five business days.
TBI Special Agent – Forensic Scientist 1
CODIS Unit
Madison County
1 Vacancy
Job Duties: Responsible for analyzing physical, biological, or chemical evidence submitted to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; and composing technical laboratory reports describing the results of tests. Uses and maintains advanced scientific instrumentation. Consults with criminal court attorneys, and testifies in local, state, and federal courts on the results of forensic analysis. Serves as a consultant to law enforcement investigators across the state. Responsible for crime scene investigation requiring 24/7 on-call status on a rotating basis.
Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, or other natural or physical sciences; forensic science, or other forensic related areas; including a minimum of thirty-six quarter hours (twenty-four semester hours) in chemistry.
A transcript with all chemistry credits is required to be uploaded with an employment application in order that the agency is able to properly evaluate a candidate’s eligibility for a position in this classification.
Forensic Biology Applicants must also have completed additional college coursework in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Statistics.
Monthly Salary: $5,508 – $8,783
For Additional Information Contact: TBI Human Resources Unit at TBI.HR@tn.gov.
To Apply: Please visit the Tennessee Department of Human Resources website at www.tn.gov/careers. Apply on job opening 49724.This position will be posted on August 24, 2023 – August 30, 2023 for five (5) business days.
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.
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