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Recruitment Number 23-046JCK, Purchasing & Specifications Specialist IV, SR-22, Honolulu.

*Salary rate effective July 1, 2023

Summary of Duties

Independently performs the full range and variety of work in governmental purchasing, standards and specifications development, and contracts procurement work for commodities and services that are highly technical and complex for programs within the Judiciary\'s centralized purchasing program; performs technical work in reviewing, processing and procuring contracts for capital improvement construction and professional services; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

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: Two and one-half (2-1/2) years of responsible professional experience in purchasing which: 1) involved working with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products; 2) included drafting specifications for formal bids and/or updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability; and 3) 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 IV must have one (1) year of experience comparable in nature and scope to the work of the next lower level in the Judiciary (Purchasing and Specifications Specialist III).

Substitutions Allowed:

1) Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited college or university for a Bachelor\'s degree with a major in purchasing or a degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one-half (\xc2\xbd) year of the required specialized experience.

2) Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master\'s degree in public or business administration may be substituted for one-half (\xc2\xbd) year of the required specialized experience.

3) Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master\'s degree with a major in purchasing or a Master\'s degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one (1) year of the required specialized experience.

4) Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements for a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one-half (\xc2\xbd) year of the required specialized experience.

Supplemental Information

Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.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 substitute for experience, you must submit a copy of your official transcripts or diploma at the time of application. If you are selected, you will need an official transcript (not a copy) indicating the completion of the training or the awarding of the appropriate degree.

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