Program Specialist IV, V; School Dietician; School Food Services Branch

The authorized level of the position is Program Specialist V. Applications are being accepted down to the Program Specialist IV in the event of recruiting difficulties.

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.

Program Specialist IV, SR-22: $5,527.00 - $6,728.00 per month

Program Specialist V, SR-24: $6,221.00 - $7,568.00 per month

Graduation from an accredited four (4) 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.

Two and one-half (2-1/2) years for the Program Specialist IV, and for the Program Specialist V, 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.

For the class Program Specialist V, applicants must possess experience independently performing the full range of program planning, development, and evaluation activities for an agency's program or program activities.

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)…