Program Specialist III, Prof Trainee II, I (Community Homeless Concerns Liaison) -Central Dist Admin

Program Specialist

This position is located in the Leeward District-Homeless Concerns Office. The function of this office is to ensure that homeless children and youth receive uninterrupted access to education and related services as authorized under the McKinney-Vento Act (MVA). This position will provide assistance to the Complex Area Superintendent in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program operations, services, and activities to ensure compliance with the (MVA).

This position also responsible for performing a variety of liaison, coordinative and advisory work including the facilitation of communication between the school, family and community agencies; coordination of services with different community agencies and organizations; and providing technical assistance and training. The authorized level of the position is Program Specialist III. Applications are being accepted down to the Professional Trainee I in the event of recruiting difficulties.

Salary Range:
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. Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.

Professional Trainee I, SR-16: $4,368.00 - $5,314.00 per month Professional Trainee II, SR-18: $4,725.00 - $5,753.00 per month Program Specialist III, SR-20: $5,107.00 - $6,221.00 per month

The position is responsible for the planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring, administrative support of operations, and professional learning networks in support of statewide parent, family, and community engagement activities, including but not limited to, School Community Councils, Community Children's Councils, Parent Community Networking Centers and Military Impacted Schools. Examples of duties are:

Basic 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 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.

Experience Requirements:
Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and quality described in the statements below and in the amounts shown in the following table or any equivalent combination of training and experience:

Class Title - Specialized Experience(Yrs) - Supervisory Experience(Yrs) - Total Exp(Yrs)

Professional Trainee I - 0 - 0 - 0

Professional Trainee II - 1/2 - 0 - 1/2

Program Specialist III - 1-1/2 - 0 - 1-1/2

Specialized

Experience:

None for the Professional Trainee I; six (6) months for Professional Trainee II; and for Program Specialist III, one and one-half (1½) years of progressively responsible professional experience in one or a combination of the following: