PROGRAM SPECIALIST V - OAHU

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Number 26-0189

The current vacancy positions are located in Downtown.

THIS JOB POSTING WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 25 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED.

PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY AS THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME.

Salary: $6,043 to $7,351 per month (SR-24, Step D to I)

This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy positions and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.

Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

Duties Summary

Positions in the Program Specialist series perform and/or supervise professional work in planning, developing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating programs, operations and activities in support of an agency's program. The work involves conducting studies, research, and analyses to identify needs or recommend solutions to problems; developing program plans, policies and procedures, rules and regulations, for the monitoring and maintenance of current programs or establishment of new programs and services; or providing advisory services, training, serving as liaison or resource to community organizations or others concerned with the agency's programs and activities for the implementation of new or revised programs or functions.

Positions at the Program Specialist V level are typically reflective of three general types:

A: A program specialist that supervises a staff of program specialists performing program planning and development work, and in addition, may participate in the performance of various program planning and development activities in support of an agency's program;

B: A program specialist located at the departmental or division level, with responsibility for all of the program planning, development, and implementation activities for one or more major components of the agency's overall program.Such responsibility has a MAJOR impact on the program's operations and services and includes, but is not limited to, being cognizant of changes to State and federal laws, legislation, policies, etc.; evaluating their impact on program goals and priorities, and resolving any issues or problems; anticipating and determining the need and making recommendations for review and development of new or revised plans, goals and objectives; ensuring that the coordination and implementation of new or revised program plans, policies, functions, work processes, etc., are properly and efficiently executed; and providing advice and consultation to managers, supervisors and others. Technical determinations are not normally questioned and the specialist is given considerable authority to coordinate work activities with federal and other State and private agencies in the planning and development of new or improved plans, policies, standards, operations, etc.;

C: A program specialist located at the departmental or division level, performing the most complex, extensive, and intensive program development, implementation, and evaluation assignments. The intensity of the agency's program is such that it requires the constant development of new or revised programs and plans, policies and standards, etc., to meet constantly changing federal requirements, legislative mandates, or consumer needs. The assignments arehighly developmental, and involve solving unprecedented issues or controversial problems, or developing new concepts or methodologies that impact the entire agency's operations, goals and objectives, or provision of services. Considerable resourcefulness and creativity are required in the development of new programs and services, and recommendations carry considerable weight.

Excluded from the Program Specialist V 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.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

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