Purchasing & Specifications Specialist III - Honolulu, Oahu

Overview

Recruitment Number 25-182JC, Purchasing & Specifications Specialist III, SR-20, Honolulu. Independently performs moderately difficult work in governmental purchasing, standards and specifications development, and contracts procurement work for commodities and services that are not highly technical and complex to complex purchases of new technical equipment or services within the Judiciary's centralized purchasing program; makes independent analysis of users requirements and prepares appropriate specifications, terms and conditions;

and performs other related duties as assigned.

• Independently performs moderately difficult work in governmental purchasing, standards and specifications development, and contracts procurement for commodities and services within the Judiciary's centralized purchasing program.
• Analyzes user requirements and prepares appropriate specifications, terms and conditions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education Requirement: Bachelor s degree from an accredited college or university. Excess experience of the type and quality described below, or administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work which required a high level of analytical skills may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

Specialized Experience Requirement: One and one-half (1-1/2) years of responsible professional experience in purchasing which:

• involved working with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products;
• included drafting specifications for formal bids and/or updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability; and
• showed an understanding and use of common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers  guides, etc.).

Such experience must also have involved knowledge and application of documentation requirements for formal purchases, (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability), formal bidding procedures (e.g., advertising, receipt and analysis of bids), and responding to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

Applicants for Purchasing and Specifications Specialist III must have had experience in the independent development of moderately complex specifications for formal purchasing and have participated in the development of complex specifications. In addition, the qualifying work experience must have clearly demonstrated possession of:

• a. Knowledge of purchasing principles and practices;
• b. Ability to interview users, vendors and others regarding user requirements;
• c. Ability to conduct pertinent research regarding unique user requirements and characteristics of desired products, equipment, materials, etc.;
• d. Ability to evaluate unique user situations and concerns, analyze and evaluate documentation, justifications, terms and conditions of purchases; and develop technical specifications which clearly describe the desired product, material, equipment or service; and
• e. Ability to assess unique user situations to foresee problems which may arise in the execution, administration or termination of the purchasing agreement, and the ability to recommend/develop terms and conditions and other special requirements accordingly.

Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitmentaii.gov, or mailed to the following address:
Hawai i State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813.

Education:

If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.