Program Specialist V - OFS-Budget Branch

Location: Branch

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 V, SR-24: $5,918.00 - $7,198.00 per month

Supervises a professional staff and participates in program planning and development activities.

Implements policies and procedures to assure efficient and effective staff work.

Makes assignments of projects and special studies to staff.

Evaluates subordinate’s work productivity in relation to the agency’s standards of performance.

Provides consultation, direction and advice to subordinates on program planning and development methods, non-routine or complex assignments or to clarify established guidelines.

Conducts studies and analyses of major, unprecedented or controversial issues regarding the agency services and operations.

Formulates and recommends major new policies, program goals or objectives.

Determines goals and objectives and establishes priorities for the program in accordance with federal and State requirements.

Develops new program plans to meet constantly changing federal requirements and legislative mandates.

Evaluates consumer needs and concerns and makes recommendations for development of new programs and/or functions for the agency.

Researches advancements in the field and develops new methodologies and interprets new concepts to enhance agency programs and services.

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
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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 Title Spclzd
Exp
(Yrs)
Supvy Exp
(Yrs)
Total
Exp
(Yrs)
Program Specialist V3-1/2
* 3-1/2

• * Supervisory Aptitude
  :
  For some positions in the class, Program Specialist V, applicants must possess supervisory aptitude.

Specialized Experience: Three and one-half (3 1/2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the following:

One and one-half (1½) years of 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…