Recruitment Number 23-0223

The immediate vacancy is a temporary full-time position with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

THIS JOB POSTING WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 25 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY AS THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME.

Salary: $4,337 to $5,282 per month (SR-20, Step C to H)

Note: Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

This recruitment will be used to fill current temporary full-time and permanent full-time vacancies.

Note: Employees appointed to temporary positions may also gain membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months. Once you become a member of the civil service, you become eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

As a condition of employment with the State of Hawaii, some positions may require that all qualified external candidates who have been given a conditional offer of employment to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and shall be fully vaccinated by his/her/their employment start date. A reasonable accommodation will be provided if requested by a candidate and it is determined through an interactive process that pregnancy, a qualifying disability, or a sincerely held religious belief prevents the candidate from receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.

The Employment Service Specialist III represents the full journey-worker level in the series. The position provides employment services for a full range of clients involving job placement, job development, employer relations and vocational counseling and guidance; or develops and negotiates on-the-job training contracts for clients; or provides special employer representative activities and fact-finding required for alien employment certification; and performs other related duties as assigned. At this level, work is planned and performed independently with recourse to the supervisor for advice and guidance only on unusual difficulties or where the matter relates to the interpretation and application of new policies, rules or regulations.

To qualify, applicants must meet all of the following requirements:

Basic Education: A bachelor's degree from a regionall accredited four-year college or university.

Specialized Experience: One and one-half (1-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional work experience in one or a combination of the following (Type A or Type B):

Type A: Progressively responsible full-time professional experience in the field of employment service, personnel administration or related fields which involved one or more of the following duties and responsibilities:

• Obtaining applications for employment and assessing applicants' qualifications in terms of skills, knowledge, suitability for employment or employment training;
• Determining job content and requirements;
• Developing methods and techniques for the improvement of personnel or employment programs; and
• Referring applicants to suitable jobs.

This experience must have provided applicants with knowledge of various kinds of occupations and occupational requirements, employment interviewing or counseling, or personnel management principles, practices, and techniques.

Examples of qualifying experience are work as an employment interviewer, employment counselor or personnel specialist in a public or private employment agency, vocational counseling or guidance work, or other pertinent personnel management work.

Type B: Progressively responsible professional experience in the field of social work or related fields which involved assisting youths or adults with personal, social and emotional problems toward their resolution.

This experience must have involved counseling or guidance in situations where youths or adults had moderately difficult to difficult problems of grasping or understanding the nature of their problems, choosing between various courses of action possible, adjusting to environmental conditions and/or acquiring or sustaining proper motivation.

Examples of qualifying experience are work as a social caseworker or group worker in a public or private agency, parole-probation counselor, student counselor, or religious counselor.

Non-Qualifying Experience: Work experience which is not primarily concerned with employment interviewing, counseling, or guidance, or personnel work is not qualifying for these positions. For example, most work experience as an office manager or in a supervisory or managerial position includes responsibility for personnel functions. However, if the paramount responsibility of the position is not concerned with employment services or personnel recruitment and placement work, or counseling or guidance, such experience is not considered qualifying.

For the Employment Service Specialist III, applicants must have had one (1) year of Specialized Experience comparable to the next lower level in the State service. The Employment Service Specialist II performs a variety of employment service functions ranging from the simple to moderately complex which do not require the services of a fully trained journey-worker specialist; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Substitutions Allowed: Relevant substitutions as described in the complete Minimum Qualification Requirements may apply.