Judicial Clerk IV - Lihue, Kauai

Job Overview

Recruitment Number 26-133LK, Judicial Clerk IV, SR-16, Step C ($4,388 per month) to Step G ($5,133 per month)*, Lihue, Kauai. The starting salary may be between the minimum and maximum salary range listed above and will be determined by the hiring authority based on qualifications.

This position is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Traffic Section, ensuring efficient and accurate delivery of court services, and supervising staff. Duties include planning, assigning, and reviewing work; training, mentoring, evaluating, and managing employees; coordinating court calendars and case processing; overseeing customer service, records management, and financial transactions; ensuring compliance with applicable laws, court rules, policies, and procedures;

resolving operational and public service issues; recommending process improvements; assisting with personnel actions; and serving as a subject matter expert for case management systems, including implementation, testing, and staff training.

Graduation from high school or equivalent. Excess experience of the type described below or work experience requiring the ability to read and comprehend and apply written directions or a high degree of verbal skill may be substituted for education on a year‑for‑year basis.

• General
  
  Experience:
  
  Two (2) years of general clerical work experience.
• Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  One and one‑half (1‑1/2) years of work experience in a court, legal, criminal justice, law enforcement, or corrections setting, which included the examining, preparation and/or processing of legal forms and documents. For Judicial Clerk IV, at least one (1) year of the Specialized Experience must be comparable to that performed at the Judicial Clerk III level.

Applicants for the Judicial Clerk IV level must have demonstrated supervisory aptitude. Supervisory Aptitude is the demonstration of potential or aptitude for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist;

by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

Applicants must possess the ability to type 40 net words per minute. The applicant's proficiency may be evaluated by the appointing authority. Failure to meet the proficiency requirements may result in suspension of the applicant's eligibility. The Judiciary's Human Resources Department reserves the right to test an applicant when there is evidence that the applicant does not meet the proficiency requirements for the class for which the applicant applied.

Substitution of Education for General

Experience:

• Education at an accredited college or university may be substituted on the basis of 15 semester credits for six (6) months of General Experience up to a maximum of two (2) years.

Substitution of Education for Specialized

Experience:

Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitmentaii.gov, or mailed to the following address:
Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

Education: If you are using education as a substitute for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.