Planner IV - Oahu (Ohhi)

State of Hawai'i • Island of Oahu, HI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Positions in the Planner series are concerned with providing legislative and top-level administrative policymakers with information and plans for the orderly and coordinated physical, environmental, social and/or economic development of Hawaii and/or of the services of the State government. Positions are involved with the development of information and rationale for decisions which affect the direction, rate and character of growth of the State and/or of services to the people of the State over a significant period of time. The Planner IV conducts planning projects; participates in promoting effective relationships with other agencies and groups; and performs other related duties as assigned. Duties include, in part, conducting fact-finding and analysis; reviewing legislation and administrative references as necessary in relation to the development of planning goals; correlating findings and developing plans for particular public activities and/or facilities throughout an assigned geographic area, region, activity or concern.

Requirements

• Legal Authorization to Work: 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.
• Basic Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Specialized Experience: Two and one-half (2-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional planning experience which included the collection and evaluation of an extensive variety of physical, social, economic and environmental data, determination of public opinion and general community objectives and policies to obtain a comprehensive prospective of conditions and identify problems and opportunities in the area(s) of concern.
• The experience MUST also show, in addition to the aforementioned experience, actual involvement in and responsibility for: A. The integration of such information including: the consideration of relationships among resources, facilities, services, needs and values for the development of policy options, alternatives for action, programs and priorities to meet goals and objectives for a given geographic area of concern; B. Advising and assisting agencies and administrators on planning concepts and methods, providing technical information and analyses for the formation of plans and programming of plans; and C. Formulation and presentation of plans and policy recommendations including alternatives and consequences of alternative actions to decision makers and at public hearings.
• Such experience should demonstrate possession of the knowledge and general research sources and sources of environmental socioeconomic information, practices of public planning, and the ability to analyze facts and develop sound conclusions therefrom.
• Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) Clearance - Federal Criminal History Records Check: In accordance with Federal regulations, persons who are being considered for employment in positions which require unescorted access to secured areas at the airport must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
• In order to be granted the SIDA clearance, prospective employees must not have been convicted, or found "not guilty by reason of insanity," of a disqualifying criminal offense within ten years from the date of the application.
• Upon recommendation for hire, prospective employees will be required to successfully undergo the fingerprint-based criminal history record check and be found free of disqualifying convictions during the preceding ten years.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements, will apply. Please review the Substitutions carefully.

Responsibilities

• Conducts planning projects
• Participates in promoting effective relationships with other agencies and groups
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Conducting fact-finding and analysis
• Reviewing legislation and administrative references as necessary in relation to the development of planning goals
• Correlating findings and developing plans for particular public activities and/or facilities throughout an assigned geographic area, region, activity or concern

Benefits

• The cost for the records check will be the applicant's responsibility.
• The State of Hawai’i complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
• PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS (PSLF) PROGRAM The PSLF Program is a federal program that is intended to encourage individuals to work in public service by forgiving the balance of their federal student loans.
• To qualify, the individual must have made 120 qualifying payments while employed by a qualifying employer.

What This Job Offers

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