Procurement and Contracts Support Specialist V - Procurement & Distribution Branch
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Government
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Business
Business Administration
Salary Range
Procurement and Contracts Support Specialist V, SR-24: $6,043.00 - $7,351.00
ResponsibilitiesRevises, clarifies, or develops purchasing policies, procedures, practices and guidelines for the use of staff as required.
Reviews outgoing correspondence drafted by staff.
Serves as technical resource to the Procurement Officer, administrators, and bidders to ensure compliance with Procurement Code, applicable state and federal administrative rules and regulations applicable to purchasing mandates and guidelines, other policies or procedures governing state agencies and organizations, and departmental policies or procedures.
Conducts periodic reviews of departmental procurement practices, including recommending appropriate revisions to procurement policies and procedures.
Conducts periodic audits of schools and offices in all areas of procurement and contracting to evaluate compliance with Procurement Code and departmental policies and procedures, including the preparation of reports and briefing of senior management officials on the findings and recommendations to correct procurement and contracting deficiencies.
Investigates complaints or controversies from department requisitioners and/or vendors or contractors.
Reports findings of fact and recommends appropriate or corrective action.
Resolves the complex contract issues (e.g. contract modifications, change orders, interpretations, time delays, cost overruns, transfer or assignments of contracts and other unforeseen circumstances).
May train, guide or mentor lower level specialists. In addition, performs work described at the lower level in relation to most complex, specialized and technical work assignments.
Graduation from an accredited four‑year college or university with a Bachelor’s degree. Excess experience of the type and quality described below or any administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work, which required a high degree of analytical skill, may be substituted for education 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.
ExperienceRequirements
Except for the substitutions provided below, applicants must have had the type of experience described in the statements immediately following and in the amounts shown in the table below:
Class Title
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Procurement and Contracts Support Specialist V
- General
Experience:
1/2 year - Specialized
Experience:
3+ years - Supervisory
Experience:
not applicable - Total (years): 3‑1/2
Work involving progressively responsible professional or other responsible analytical work which involved gathering, evaluating and analyzing facts and other pertinent information required to resolve problems and/or to determine and recommend appropriate courses of action. Such experience must have demonstrated the ability to elicit information orally and in writing, apply problem‑solving methods and techniques, identify alternatives, use judgment in determining appropriate alternatives, and prepare clear and concise written reports and recommendations for action.
SpecializedExperience
Professional experience in an area related to procurement and/or contracts administration requiring the knowledge and application of formal procurement and/or contracting methods (i.e. development or processing of formal bid specifications and/or contract development), principles, and standards for the purpose of developing, reviewing, analyzing, and auditing procurement and contracts activities, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, policies, procedures, rules, and related requirements.
For Procurement and Contracts Support Specialist V and VI, at least one year of the required Specialized Experience must have been at a level comparable to the Procurement and Contracts Support Specialist IV level in the Hawaii State government; viz. experience that indicates that the applicant has acquired and successfully applied practical and theoretical knowledge of the principles of economics related to supply and demand, procurement and contracting and…
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