Program Specialist IV - Oahu

State of Hawai'i • Island of Oahu, HI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Level IV positions in the Program Specialist series perform the FULL RANGE of program planning and development activities, in support of an agency's program. The work of positions in this class range from assignments of moderate complexity, such as the routine review of program operations to insure that program objectives are being met, to the highly complex assignments of the next higher level, the Program Specialist V. However, the primary work of positions in this class regularly involves complex assignments such as the development of new policies or standards that impact the agency and the interrelationships of its programs, and the development of comprehensive reports of findings and conclusions. Some positions may supervise lower-level program specialists and/or other workers. At this level, positions are usually responsible for one or more administrative and staff support activities such as budget formulation, grants or contracts management and development, staff development, development of legislation, provision of advisory services to line staff and others on new or revised techniques, processes and procedures, policy interpretation, etc. Excluded from the Program Specialist IV class are positions which involve professional work identified with other occupations by the nature of the paramount qualification requirements and/or in which the primary emphasis of the work requires knowledge in a specific or specialized occupational field such as engineering, social work, budget evaluation and analysis, management and organizational analysis, etc. Such positions should be classified in the appropriate specialized series.

Requirements

• Legal Authorization to Work: Citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the U.S., or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.
• Basic Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• General Experience: One and one-half (1-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional work experience requiring a high degree of analytical skill, involving gathering, evaluating, and analyzing facts and other pertinent information to resolve problems and/or determine and recommend appropriate courses of action.
• Specialized Experience: One (1) year of progressively responsible professional experience in one or a combination of the following:
• Type 1: Professional work experience in any field involving monitoring, evaluating, or conducting studies and analyses of programs or projects to make recommendations for the development or revision of standards, policies, procedures, or techniques; gathering and analyzing data to determine conformance with standards and requirements and recommending improvements or developing training materials; and giving technical advice and direction pertaining to program standards, requirements, or techniques.
• Type 2: Professional experience in a pertinent field/program area related to the agency's/program's role, function, operations, and/or program activities which provided knowledge of principles and practices, current issues and concerns of the identified field/program area and State and federal agencies, community, resources and services that interact with and have an impact on the agency's programs and activities.
• Supervisory aptitude rather than actual supervisory experience may be accepted, with strong affirmative evidence of necessary supervisory abilities and/or potential.
• Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements, will apply.
• A valid driver's license is required for some positions at the time of appointment.
• Ability to lift/carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted, and lift/carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds assisted by another person and/or use of equipment (for one immediate vacancy position).

Responsibilities

• Perform the full range of program planning and development activities.
• Routinely review program operations to ensure program objectives are being met.
• Develop new policies or standards that impact the agency and its programs.
• Develop comprehensive reports of findings and conclusions.
• Supervise lower-level program specialists and/or other workers (in some positions).
• Manage administrative and staff support activities such as budget formulation, grants or contracts management and development, staff development, development of legislation, provision of advisory services to line staff and others on new or revised techniques, processes and procedures, and policy interpretation.

Benefits

• Membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months (for temporary positions).
• 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).
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program information provided.

What This Job Offers

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