Correctional Compliance Specialist--Contract Monitoring

Executive Service CORRECTIONAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST-2-CONTRACT MONITORING Department of Correction

Annual Salary: $67,092.00 - $

Background Check:
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.

Location:

Nashville, TN

Closing Date: 07/13/2026

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 facilities and provides effective community supervision in support of successful reentry.

The Correctional Compliance Specialist 2 provides auditing and review services under the direction of contracts within the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Duties and responsibilities include assisting with audits of all facilities, to include privately managed facilities, preparing compliance reports, and assisting in follow-up audits to ensure findings are corrected. Additionally, the Correctional Compliance Specialist 2 assists in reviewing and developing inspection instruments used to monitor compliance.

This position reports directly to the Senior Correctional Compliance Specialist Contract Monitoring.

• Assist with auditing all facilities, to include privately managed facilities for medical, behavioral health, and/or food service audits;
• Assist the Senior Compliance Specialist with any compliance matters or directives/ initiatives as approved;
• Prepare audit paperwork/documentation needed for each audit scheduled;
• Report deficiencies to management for review;
• Complete pre-audit work in preparation for upcoming audits;
• Assist in follow-up audits to ensure findings are corrected;
• Prepare reports and presentations for executive staff;
• Assist with reviewing and developing inspection instruments;
• Review policies, as assigned; and
• Provide other administrative support, as needed.

Education and Experience:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to five years of correctional work.

Substitution of Experience for

Education:

Qualifying full-time professional or paraprofessional correctional experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years.

OR 5 years of compliance or auditing experience in correctional facilities or programs.

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.