Service Specialist V Oahu

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Number: 25-0382.

The Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Workforce Development Council has one (1) permanent full-time vacancy in Downtown.

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

Note:

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

This continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. The notice of the last day to file applications will be posted on the State of Hawaii's Civil Service Job Opportunities Listing page of our website.

Plans, organizes, directs, manages and controls the employment service activities of an extensively organized office where the work is so intense as to require two levels of subordinate supervisors; or plans and supervises the development, evaluation and planning functions for a major employment service program requiring the assistance of lower-level journeyman program specialists; and performs other related duties as assigned.

To qualify, you must meet all of the following 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

Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor's degree.

Specialized

Experience:

Three and one‑half (3 ½) years

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:

• Obtaining applications for employment and assessing applicants' qualifications in terms of skills, knowledge, suitability for employment or employment training; OR
• Determining job content and requirements; OR
• Developing methods and techniques for the improvement of personnel or employment programs; AND OR
• 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.

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.

Supervisory or Staff Specialist

Experience:

ONE (1) year of either staff specialist and/or supervisory experience as described in A or B below:

• Experience in the field of employment services, personnel administration or related fields which included planning, organizing, administration scheduling and directing the work of others; assigning and reviewing their work; advising them on difficult work problems; training and developing subordinates; and…