Program Specialist IV

Salary: $5,258.00 - $6,399.00 Monthly
Location : Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs
Job Type: Temporary, Full-time 12-month
Job Number: 1
District / Complex Area: Classified / OFS
School / Office: Classified / Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs
Opening Date: 10/16/2024
Position %: 100%
Position Number: 806725

Description

The authorized level of the position is Program Specialist IV. Salary Range: All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. However, placement above the initial step of the salary range will be based on special characteristics and critical needs of the position, an applicant's exceptional qualifications, the availability of funds, and other relevant factors. Such appointments require prior approval. Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.
Program Specialist IV, SR-22: $5,258.00 - $6,399.00 per month
Examples of Duties

•  Grant management including the application for technology grants.
•  Monitoring project scope, tracking schedules, costs, and resources.
•  Checking for quality assurance and submitting progress reports to USDA.
•  Verifying overall goals of the USDA technology requirements and/or grants are achieved.
•  Measuring results and reporting to USDA any project goals, objectives, and activities.
•  Trouble shooting hardware and software computer problems, including operating systems, internet, and issues with various applications.
•  Participating in implementation activities, such as web-based software and uniform interfaces between diverse systems. Minimum Qualifications
Basic Education Requirement : Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor's degree.

Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience below or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities.

The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.
Experience Requirements : Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and quality described in the statements below and in the amounts shown in the following table or any equivalent combination of training and experience:
Class TitleSpecialized Experience (Yrs)Supervisory Experience (Yrs)Total
Experience (Yrs) Program Specialist IV2-1/202-1/2
Specialized Experience : Progressively responsible professional experience in one or a combination of the following:
•  Progressively responsible professional experience which demonstrated the ability to conduct studies and analyses of programs or projects through active participation in the planning, coordination, development and/or evaluation of programs and/or program activities. The experience must have involved performing professional work concerned with program interrelationships, effectiveness or intra-program integration. It must further have demonstrated a high degree of analytical skill involving the ability to identify information needs, collect and analyze data, and identify problems and alternative solutions and their advantages and disadvantages and develop logical recommendations for a course of action and the ability to read, comprehend and interpret complex material such as State statutes and/or federal regulations and draft comprehensive reports of findings and conclusions.
•  Progressively responsible professional work experience in computer systems and applications. Such experience may have been gained concurrently or separately in meeting the specialized experience requirement.
Selective Certification - Computer Technology and Systems Experience: In addition to meeting the specialized professional experience requirements, applicant must possess one (1) year professional experience in computer systems and applications. Such experience include trouble shooting hardware and software computer problems, installing/reinstalling systems, operating systems, internet, and issues with various applications.
Substitutions Allowed : Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, public administration or a field pertinent to the agency's programs and activities may be substituted for one year of the Specialized Experience (Type 1).
Quality of Experience : Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that applicant has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which applicant is being considered.

Supplemental Information

Salary: The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable.

Requirements: Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently.Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated. Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited. Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years.

Temporary Assignment: Claims of Temporary Assignment (TA) experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements must be verified and attached to the application using one of the options below:
•  A copy of the applicant's TA History Report or equivalent system-generated report;
•  A signed letter from the applicant's supervisor that includes the applicant's name, his/her TA job title, the TA start and end dates (from mm/yy to mm/yy), his/her specific TA duties performed, and either the TA hours worked per week or total TA hours worked; or,
•  Copies of the applicant's signed SF-10 Forms.
Documents: Attach all relevant supporting documents to your application. Documents that were attached to applications submitted before November 16, 2023 do not automatically attach or transfer to applications submitted on and after December 16, 2023. All submitted documents become the property of the Hawaii State Department of Education.

Information about Temporary Positions: Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself available for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities. A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months. Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Payday

New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.
12-month civil service and SSP employees enjoy a range of competitive benefits:
•   Holidays: You may be eligible for 13 paid holidays each year; 14 holidays during an election year.
•   Vacation: Employees of Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13 earn 21 days per year.
•   Sick Leave: Employees of Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 . click apply for full job details