SECRETARY - 08252026-80326

Opening: 08/25/2026 12:00 AM – 09/07/2026 11:59 PM Central Time. Location: Henning, TN – Department of Correction, Lauderdale County. A Motor Vehicle Records screening, pre-employment drug screen, and criminal background check are required.

Pay

Monthly: $2,896.00 – $4,331.00
Annually: $34,752.00 – $51,972.00

Qualifications

• Education equivalent to graduation from a standard high school.
• Qualifying full-time secretarial or office clerical experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Complete a criminal history disclosure form and agree to release all records to the appointing authority.
• Supply a fingerprint sample for a TBI-based criminal history records check.
• Submit to a review of status on the Department of Health’s vulnerable persons registry (positions within the Division of Rehabilitation Services only).

About the Role

Under general supervision, this entry-level position performs typing and clerical work of average difficulty. Responsibilities include a variety of secretarial duties, differing from the Administrative Secretary role by scope and complexity.

Responsibilities

• Prepares correspondence, memoranda, abstracts, spreadsheets, reports, and other materials; reviews for spelling, grammar, and clarity.
• Communicates with customers via phone, email, or in-person to provide assistance and direction on policies, procedures, and agency information.
• Gathers information from files, the internet, and databases for meetings, interviews, presentations, and administrative tasks.
• Performs administrative tasks such as creating documents, filing, auditing documentation, monitoring inventory, maintaining calendars, and disseminating information.
• Inspects office equipment to ensure proper working condition.

Skills

• Competencies: Manages ambiguity, nimble learning, communicates effectively, interpersonal savvy, decision quality.
• Knowledges: Customer and personal service, clerical, English language, mathematics.
• Skills: Active learning and listening, reading comprehension, social perceptiveness, time management, writing.
• Abilities: Oral comprehension and expression, speech clarity and recognition, written comprehension, memorization.

Tools & Equipment

• Computers
• Copier/Scanner/Fax Machine
• Various office equipment (e.g., postage meter, laminating machine)
• Telephone
• Audio & Visual Equipment