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Program Specialist III (Homeless Concerns Office) - Leeward District, Oahu

Employer
Hawaii Department of Education
Location
Honolulu, HI, US
Salary
Competitive
Job Preferences
  • Amended 7-2-18: Monthly Salary
  • PROGRAM SPECIALIST III
    $4,079.00 - $4,777.00 per month (SR-20)
  • NOTE: Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations. 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.
  • Location:
    Leeward District, Oahu
  • The immediate vacancy is located in the Leeward District - Administration.
  • NOTE: Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself eligible 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.
  • Summary:
    These positions are assigned to the Leeward District Homeless Concerns Office. The function of this office is to ensure that homeless families and their children receive uninterrupted access to education and services as required under the McKinney-Vento Act (MVA).

    The duties and responsibilities of these positions are to assist with the development and implementation of school level procedures/standard practices and provide recommendations for action; providing support in mediation/conflict resolution; coordinating and conducting district and school level trainings; interpreting laws, policies, and procedures and develops standard practices manual; supporting families in completing necessary documentation and connecting them to services and community resources; serving as a resource; conducting place of residence investigations and reports findings; and assists in the audit of financial records.
  • 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. Note: 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.

    To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:
  • 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 (4) 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.

    Specialized Experience Requirement:
    One and one-half years (1�) years of progressively responsible professional experience in one or a combination of the following:

    Type 1.
    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.

    Type 2.
    Progressively responsible professional work experience with the McKinney-Vento Act, which involved providing assistance and support to families in need of social services, developing and implementing programs and/or activities, preparing reports and providing recommendations for action, coordinating and conducting training, and serving as a resource.

    Applicants must possess experience independently performing the full range of program planning, development, and evaluation activities for an agency's program or program activities.

    McKinney-Vento Act Experience:
    In addition, of the Specialized Experience Requirement, applicants must possess a minimum of six (6) months of professional work experience with the McKinney-Vento Act as described in Specialized Experience Type 2 above. Such experience may have been gained concurrently or separately in meeting the Specialized Experience requirement.

    Substitutions Allowed:
    Possession of a Master's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in business administration, public administration, or a field pertinent to the agency's programs may be substituted for one (1) year of the Specialized Experience (Type 1), but not for the independent program planning, development, and evaluation experience (Type 2).

    License Requirement:
    Applicants must possess a current valid passenger-type motor vehicle operator's license to drive in the State of Hawaii.

    Lift and Carry Requirement:
    Applicants must possess the ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to thirty (30) pounds unassisted.
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