Job Description
APPLICANTS MAY BE EDUCATIONAL OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND OTHER QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT ISSUED: This position is excluded in the Educational Officers' Bargaining Unit and will be filled as a limited term vicing appointment.
A WRITTEN EXAMINATION/ASSIGNMENT MAY BE ADMINISTERED TO HELP DETERMINE POSSESSION OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES PORTIONS OF THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Examples of Duties
Under the general supervision of the Human Resources Officer III of the Recruitment & Employment Section, the Human Resources Officer II:
1. Program Leadership and Operational Management: Plans, directs, and controls the daily operations of the statewide casual personnel management functions. Develops comprehensive program plans and ensures effective implementation and necessary improvement activities to conduct efficient operations. Participates in the planning and integration of programs related to the assigned unit to ensure proper alignment with Board, Department, and leadership goals.
2. Policy Development and Compliance: Takes an active role in the development and implementation of rules, policies, program procedures, and practices that provide the administrative framework for the assigned function in relation to the Department's talent management system. Confers and coordinates with other jurisdictions and technical staff to formulate and recommend broad policy or clarify and interpret compliance with applicable statutes, rules, and internal procedures.
3. Strategic Consultation and Advisory Services: Provides expert management advisory services and technical assistance to others regarding assigned functions. Reviews Department and program needs on assigned matters by obtaining input from administrators, managers, and other staff. Delivers consultative guidance, contributes subject matter expertise, and makes decisions based on research analysis, sound principles, and best practices to support the Department’s workforce needs.
4. Technical Analysis: Analyzes casual personnel issues and conducts appropriate studies or oversees special projects. Prepares and reviews data, staff recommendations, personnel plans, technical systems, and organization changes affecting casual personnel and procedures. Prepares operational and other reports to ensure the casual personnel system effectively meets talent management goals.
5. Staff Development: Assists with section hiring to ensure operational continuity. Recommends personnel needs, changes, and actions affecting the section. Directs training to ensure technical competency, facilitates staff meetings, provides coaching or mentoring to address performance concerns and build staff capacity, and issues special instructions for non-routine and complex assignments.
6. Labor Relations and Long-Range Planning: Participates in discussions regarding the long-term impact that assigned functions have on the Department's budget, negotiations, or legislation, and vice versa. Reviews collective bargaining agreements and assists with the development of memoranda of agreements or understanding (MOAs/MOUs), as appropriate.
7. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in business administration with specialization in human resources management, or with specialization in management which included coursework in human resources administration and industrial relations.
Education Substitution: Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited college or university PLUS two (2) years of excess professional work experience which involved responsibility for human resources administration, or cumulative equivalent experience.
Experience: Four (4) years of responsible professional work experience in one or more areas of human resource management of which one (1) year shall have been in an education program, agency, or system.
Experience Substitution: A master’s degree in business administration from an accredited college or university can substitute for one (1) year of professional work experience.
Combined Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable, as determined by the Department. Substitutions can be considered for the requirement of experience in an education program, agency, or system.
Knowledge: Human resource administration; leadership and group dynamics; organizational change and effectiveness; labor problems; business statistics; principles and practices pertinent to the area(s) of assignment such as compensation, the staffing process, collective bargaining, and dispute settlement or employee benefits, etc.; laws, rules, regulations, and administrative procedures pertinent to the area(s) of assignment.
Ability to: Provide analytical and technical services in human resources management in the area(s) of assignment; communicate effectively with others both orally and in writing; operate computer and other business machines.
Supplemental Information
SALARY RANGE: EOSR-7, $113,660 to $160,893.
Department of Education certificated employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.
All others will be placed on the first step of $113,660.
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.
WORK YEAR AND BENEFITS: This appointment will be on a 12-month basis with vacation and sick leave provided according to applicable regulations.
POSTING CYCLE: Vacant or unfilled positions may be internally and/or externally advertised on the 1st and/or 16th of any calendar month.
HOW TO APPLY: All materials submitted become the property of the Hawaii Department of Education and will not be returned to applicant.
Visit the Hawaii Department of Education career page, listed below. Click on the title of the position you are interested in and click on the green APPLY button in the top righthand corner. Provide all relevant information for consideration including but not limited to your education, work experience, and certificates. It is optional to include a "Personal Statement" of what you can contribute to this specific position.
http://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiipublicschools
Official transcripts (if not on file) must be submitted at the time of an official offer of employment. Transcripts may be sent by U.S. mail to the Office of Talent Management/EO Recruitment, P.O. Box 2360, Honolulu, HI 96804.
After you submit your online application, you will receive a system generated email acknowledging receipt of your application.
APPROVED:
Sean Bacon
Assistant Superintendent
Office of Talent Management
Equal Opportunity
The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of ****** orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Payday
New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT ISSUED: This position is excluded in the Educational Officers' Bargaining Unit and will be filled as a limited term vicing appointment.
A WRITTEN EXAMINATION/ASSIGNMENT MAY BE ADMINISTERED TO HELP DETERMINE POSSESSION OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES PORTIONS OF THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Examples of Duties
Under the general supervision of the Human Resources Officer III of the Recruitment & Employment Section, the Human Resources Officer II:
1. Program Leadership and Operational Management: Plans, directs, and controls the daily operations of the statewide casual personnel management functions. Develops comprehensive program plans and ensures effective implementation and necessary improvement activities to conduct efficient operations. Participates in the planning and integration of programs related to the assigned unit to ensure proper alignment with Board, Department, and leadership goals.
2. Policy Development and Compliance: Takes an active role in the development and implementation of rules, policies, program procedures, and practices that provide the administrative framework for the assigned function in relation to the Department's talent management system. Confers and coordinates with other jurisdictions and technical staff to formulate and recommend broad policy or clarify and interpret compliance with applicable statutes, rules, and internal procedures.
3. Strategic Consultation and Advisory Services: Provides expert management advisory services and technical assistance to others regarding assigned functions. Reviews Department and program needs on assigned matters by obtaining input from administrators, managers, and other staff. Delivers consultative guidance, contributes subject matter expertise, and makes decisions based on research analysis, sound principles, and best practices to support the Department’s workforce needs.
4. Technical Analysis: Analyzes casual personnel issues and conducts appropriate studies or oversees special projects. Prepares and reviews data, staff recommendations, personnel plans, technical systems, and organization changes affecting casual personnel and procedures. Prepares operational and other reports to ensure the casual personnel system effectively meets talent management goals.
5. Staff Development: Assists with section hiring to ensure operational continuity. Recommends personnel needs, changes, and actions affecting the section. Directs training to ensure technical competency, facilitates staff meetings, provides coaching or mentoring to address performance concerns and build staff capacity, and issues special instructions for non-routine and complex assignments.
6. Labor Relations and Long-Range Planning: Participates in discussions regarding the long-term impact that assigned functions have on the Department's budget, negotiations, or legislation, and vice versa. Reviews collective bargaining agreements and assists with the development of memoranda of agreements or understanding (MOAs/MOUs), as appropriate.
7. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in business administration with specialization in human resources management, or with specialization in management which included coursework in human resources administration and industrial relations.
Education Substitution: Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited college or university PLUS two (2) years of excess professional work experience which involved responsibility for human resources administration, or cumulative equivalent experience.
Experience: Four (4) years of responsible professional work experience in one or more areas of human resource management of which one (1) year shall have been in an education program, agency, or system.
Experience Substitution: A master’s degree in business administration from an accredited college or university can substitute for one (1) year of professional work experience.
Combined Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable, as determined by the Department. Substitutions can be considered for the requirement of experience in an education program, agency, or system.
Knowledge: Human resource administration; leadership and group dynamics; organizational change and effectiveness; labor problems; business statistics; principles and practices pertinent to the area(s) of assignment such as compensation, the staffing process, collective bargaining, and dispute settlement or employee benefits, etc.; laws, rules, regulations, and administrative procedures pertinent to the area(s) of assignment.
Ability to: Provide analytical and technical services in human resources management in the area(s) of assignment; communicate effectively with others both orally and in writing; operate computer and other business machines.
Supplemental Information
SALARY RANGE: EOSR-7, $113,660 to $160,893.
Department of Education certificated employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.
All others will be placed on the first step of $113,660.
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.
WORK YEAR AND BENEFITS: This appointment will be on a 12-month basis with vacation and sick leave provided according to applicable regulations.
POSTING CYCLE: Vacant or unfilled positions may be internally and/or externally advertised on the 1st and/or 16th of any calendar month.
HOW TO APPLY: All materials submitted become the property of the Hawaii Department of Education and will not be returned to applicant.
Visit the Hawaii Department of Education career page, listed below. Click on the title of the position you are interested in and click on the green APPLY button in the top righthand corner. Provide all relevant information for consideration including but not limited to your education, work experience, and certificates. It is optional to include a "Personal Statement" of what you can contribute to this specific position.
http://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiipublicschools
Official transcripts (if not on file) must be submitted at the time of an official offer of employment. Transcripts may be sent by U.S. mail to the Office of Talent Management/EO Recruitment, P.O. Box 2360, Honolulu, HI 96804.
After you submit your online application, you will receive a system generated email acknowledging receipt of your application.
APPROVED:
Sean Bacon
Assistant Superintendent
Office of Talent Management
Equal Opportunity
The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of ****** orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Payday
New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Human Resources Officer II, Recruitment & Employment Section, 608378, (2025-04702) position is now open for candidates interested in the Education Jobs sector. This role in Honolulu offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Education Jobs is a plus.
