Program Specialist V (Re-Engagement Navigator) Job at Hawaii State Department of Education
Hawaii State Department of Education Honolulu, HI
$5,282 - $6,178 a month
- Amended 8-1-22: Monthly Salary
- PROGRAM SPECIALIST V
$5,282.00 - $6,178.00 per month (SR-24)
- 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:
Honolulu District, Oahu
- Employment Opportunities in Temporary Positions:
Some vacant positions may be temporary. Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself available 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.
- Job Summary:
This position is located in the Student Services Branch (SSB), Office of Student Support Services (OSSS). The Student Services Branch supports schools and complex areas through collaborative leadership and research, develops guidelines and procedures, provides technical assistance for implementation and monitors organizational effectiveness through a range of programs and initiatives that serve to support all students.
The Re-engagement Navigator (REN) position focuses on support students who have separated or are at risk of separation from school due to unstable housing. The REN will identify and remove barriers to school completion for this subgroup with the goal of prevention and diversion from dropping out. The primary function of the REN is to connect young people with alternative pathways to complete their education, in partnership with adult ed, job training, higher education, and other available community-based and school-based resources.
- Minimum Qualification Requirements:
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 Requirements:
Three and one-half (3-1/2) 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 regulations and draft comprehensive reports of findings and conclusions. Applicants must possess experience independently performing the full range of program planning, development, and evaluation activities for an agency's program or program activities.
Substitutions Allowed:
Possession of a master's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, public administration or a field pertinent to the agency's programs and activities may be substituted for one (1) year of the Specialized Experience.
Quality of Experience:
Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that he/she has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which he/she is being considered.
- All documents submitted to us become the property of the Department of Education.
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