Employment Service Specialist II - Temporary - Wailuku / Kahului, Maui

State of Hawai'i • Island of Maui, HI

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Performs a variety of employment service functions ranging from the simple to moderately complex which do not require the services of a fully trained journeyman specialist; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must meet all of the following requirements: Legal Authorization to Work Requirement: The State of Hawaii requires all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Six (6) months of progressively responsible professional work experience in one or a combination of Type A or Type B experience below:
• TYPE A: Progressively responsible full-time experience in the field of: Employment service, personnel administration OR; related fields which involved one OR more of the following duties and responsibilities: 1) Obtaining applications for employment and assessing applicants' qualifications in terms of skills, knowledge, suitability for employment or employment training; OR 2) Determining job content and requirements; OR 3) Developing methods and techniques for the improvement of personnel or employment programs; and OR 4) referring applicants to suitable jobs. This experience must have provided applicants with knowledge of various kinds of occupations and occupational requirements, employment interviewing or counseling, or personnel management principles, practices, and techniques. Examples of qualifying experience are work as an employment interviewer, employment counselor or personnel specialist in a public or private employment agency, vocational counseling or guidance work, or other pertinent personnel management work.
• TYPE B: Progressively responsible professional experience in the field of social work OR; related fields which involved assisting youths or adults with personal, social and emotional problems toward their resolution. This experience must have involved counseling or guidance in situations where youths or adults had moderately difficult to difficult problems of grasping or understanding the nature of their problems, choosing between various courses of action possible, adjusting to environmental conditions and/or acquiring or sustaining proper motivation. Examples of qualifying experience are work as a social caseworker or group worker in a public or private agency, parole-probation counselor, student counselor, or religious counselor.
• Non-Qualifying Experience: Work experience which is not primarily concerned with employment interviewing, counseling, or guidance, or personnel work is not qualifying for these positions. For example, most work experience as an office manager or in a supervisory or managerial position includes responsibility for personnel functions. However, if the paramount responsibility of the position is not concerned with employment services or personnel recruitment and placement work, or counseling or guidance, such experience is not considered qualifying.
• Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements may apply.

Responsibilities

• Obtaining applications for employment and assessing applicants' qualifications in terms of skills, knowledge, suitability for employment or employment training
• Determining job content and requirements
• Developing methods and techniques for the improvement of personnel or employment programs
• Referring applicants to suitable jobs

Benefits

• Membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months.
• Eligibility to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.
• Rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position (with exceptions for return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level