Chief Court Administrator II (Lautenberg) Honolulu, Oahu

Position Specific Description

Recruitment Number 26-208TO Chief Court Administrator II (Lautenberg) ES-02 Honolulu Oahu .

Summary of Duties

This position serves as the Chief Court Administrator for the First Judicial Circuit and is responsible for planning directing administering and coordinating administrative business and support functions required to support judicial proceedings and programs; establishes goals formulates and implements policies procedures and controls to promote effective and efficient operations; oversees court programs resources fiscal and personnel functions; coordinates workflow and activities among organizational units judicial circuits and Judiciary administration; and provides leadership and guidance to subordinate administrators managers and supervisors.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education Requirements : Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelors degree.

Excess work experience as described under Specialized Experience below or any other responsible administrative professional or analytical work experience which provided knowledge and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 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 : Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional administrative technical work experience in one or a combination of the following areas. Clerical work experience is non-qualifying:

1. In a court or legal setting responsibility for supervising or overseeing the operational activities of a unit or section whose primary function is the preparation and/or processing of legal documents. Such experience must have included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary. (Examples of legal setting are: Office of the Prosecutor Public Defender Department of the Attorney General legal department in a financial institution or trust company private attorneys office.)

2. Independently performing professional work involving written analysis evaluation and recommendations for problem resolution in a court or legal setting or those social work or administrative programs of the courts.

For purposes of this section non-supervisory and supervisory work experience performing and/or supervising general clerical tasks is not qualifying .

Staff Specialist or Supervisory Experience : Three (3) years of Staff Specialist or Supervisory Experience as defined below.

A. Staff Specialist Experience :
Work in a criminal justice system which included the development and/or modification of an institutional program and/or work in a criminal justice system which included program development and evaluation and the development of new and revised procedures.

B. Supervisory Experience :
Experience which included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing of new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary.

The required years of Supervisory Experience is separate from meeting the Specialized Experience requirement under 1.

Administrative Experience : Four (4) years of progressively responsible work experience in a court or legal setting social work or administrative program of the courts which involved active participation in and major responsibility for the development of policies and procedures; and the development management execution and coordination of program operations and activities.

Substitutions Allowed :

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:

A. A Masters degree in business public administration or criminal justice administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.

B. Graduation from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.

Qualification for Firearms (Lautenberg) : For this position applicants must be qualified to possess firearm or ammunition in accordance with state and federal laws e.g. no misdemeanor or felony domestic violence conviction.

Supplemental Information

Any additional information may be attached to your online application submitted by email to 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.

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Required Experience:

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