SUPERVISING SENIOR ASSOCIATE COUNSEL - DCS CENTRALIZED LEGAL FUNCTIONS - DAVIDSON - 80236

Executive Service

SUPERVISING SENIOR ASSOCIATE COUNSEL - DCS CENTRALIZED LEGAL FUNCTIONS - DAVIDSON

Department of Children's Services

Centralized Legal Functions

Nashville, TN

Annual Salary: $118,296.00 - $154,140.00

Closing Date: 08/24/2026

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

Job Overview:

The Senior Supervisory Counsel serves as a senior-level attorney providing high-level legal guidance to Central Office leadership and program staff. This position reports directly to the General Counsel and is responsible for overseeing and supervising the work of Senior Associate Counsels and Associate Counsels within the DCS Central Office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing advanced legal advice on a wide range of issues affecting the Department.
• Supervising, mentoring, and evaluating Central Office attorneys to ensure high-quality legal services.
• Coordinating legal strategy and ensuring consistency in legal positions across programs.
• Supporting the General Counsel on complex legal matters, policy development, and departmental initiatives.
• Reviewing and advising on legislation, regulations, contracts, and agency actions.
• Serving as a senior legal resource to Central Office staff and leadership.
• Minimum Qualifications:
• Active License to practice law in Tennessee is required.
• Preferred Experience:5+ years of relevant legal experience.

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.