Court Operations Specialist III (Personnel) - Lihue, Kauai

Hawai`i State Judiciary • Lihue, HI

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Court Operations Specialist III (Personnel) assists the Chief Court Administrator and/or designee with developing, recommending, evaluating, and reviewing complex studies related to court-administration policies, procedures, methods, and techniques. The position also assists with preparing budget requests, organizational proposals and reports, and correspondence for the administrator. It researches and follows up on certain personnel matters, including grievances, complaints, labor-relations problems, and other confidential matters, and performs other related duties as assigned. The position is based on-site in Lihue, Kauai; telework and remote work are not available.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or qualifying progressively responsible work experience that may substitute for the degree year for year. Candidates must also have 1.5 years of specialized professional experience in specified analysis, policy, systems, court, legal, social-work, or court-administration program work. Certain master's, doctoral, or law degrees may substitute for specialized experience. Desired qualifications include familiarity with human resources functions such as recruitment, staffing, classification, labor relations, HRIS, or other personnel-related activities.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, or progressively responsible administrative, professional, investigative, technical, or other responsible work experience providing a comparable general background; qualifying experience may substitute for the degree on a year-for-year basis.
• At least 1.5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in one or a combination of: analyzing, evaluating, or developing or improving managerial policies, practices, systems, methods, and procedures while considering relationships among resources, facilities, services, needs, and values; or independently performing professional work involving written analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for problem resolution in a court or legal setting, or in court social-work or administrative programs.
• A master's degree in business or public administration or a related field, with the specified operations-research, program-analysis, and evaluation knowledge and skills, may substitute for 1.5 years of specialized experience.
• A Ph.D. in business or public administration or a related field, with the specified operations-research, program-analysis, and evaluation knowledge and skills, may substitute for 2.5 years of specialized experience.
• Graduation from an accredited law school may substitute for 2.5 years of specialized experience.
• Applicants using education as a substitute for experience must submit copies of transcripts or diplomas with the application; selected applicants must later provide an official transcript showing completion of the training and/or award of the degree.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with human resources functions, including recruitment, staffing, classification, labor relations, human resources information systems (HRIS), or other personnel-related activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chief Court Administrator and/or designee in developing, recommending, evaluating, and reviewing complex studies related to court-administration policies, procedures, methods, and techniques.
• Assist with preparing budget requests, organizational proposals and reports, and correspondence for the administrator.
• Research and follow up on certain personnel matters, including grievances, complaints, labor-relations problems, and other confidential matters.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level