Program Specialist V, IV, III - Hawaii District Administration Salary $4,961.00 - $7,351.00 Monthly Location CA Honokaa-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Job Type Temporary, Full-time 12-month Job Number 2026-00267 District / Complex Area Classified / Hawaii / Hawaii Dist Office School / Office Classified / Hawaii Dist-Administration Opening Date 03/01/2026 Max Number of Applicants 25 Position % 100% Position Number 58480
Description Benefits Questions
Description The authorized level of the position is Program Specialist V. Applications are being accepted down to the Program Specialist III 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 applicants 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.
Salary Ranges Program Specialist III, SR-20: $4,961.00 - $6,043.00 per month Program Specialist IV, SR-22: $5,369.00 - $6,535.00 per month Program Specialist V, SR-24: $6,043.00 - $7,351.00 per month
Examples of Duties Plan and conduct training of Department of Education professional and para-professional staff in levels of behavior management from classroom management skills to restraint/seclusion strategies to intensive behavior support and management in classrooms. The topics shall include but not limited to, behavior support interventions, mental health crisis, trauma and suicide training, as well as support to schools implementing a multi-tiered behavior framework.
Train School Based Behavioral Health (SBBH) program staff and school staff in the use of various data collection systems.
Keep abreast of current federal and state laws, including certifications pertaining to seclusion and restraint mandates.
Develop, implements, and evaluates train the trainers and certification management of school personnel and ensures proper and timely reporting the state and organizational planning and utilization management is aligned with Complex Area schools needs.
Monitor and evaluate programs and ensures objectives meet State and federal requirements.
Research and implement evidence-based multi-tiered behavior framework and related theses that improve school culture, school climate, school attendance and decrease discipline and suspensions.
Develops new methodologies to enhance intensive behavior programs.
Collect annual school reports for safety-care behavioral safety training.
Conduct studies and analyses of programs, their operations and activities.
Prepare reports for distribution to school staff, families, and community stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
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.
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.
Experience Requirements:
Class Title SpclzdExp(Yrs) Supvy Exp(Yrs) TotalExp(Yrs)
Program Specialist III 1-1/201-1/2 Program Specialist IV 2-1/202-1/2 Program Specialist V 3-1/23-1/2
Supervisory Aptitude: For Program Specialist V, applicants must possess supervisory aptitude.
Specialized Experience: One and one-half (1½) years for Program Specialist III; two and one-half (2½) years for Program Specialist IV; and for Program Specialist V, three and one-half (3½) years of progressively responsible professional experience as described below:
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 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 classes Program Specialists 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.
Substitutions Allowed: Possession of a Masters Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business Administration, Public Administration or a field pertinent to the agencys programs and activities may be substituted for one (1) year of the Specialized Experience.
Lift/Carry Requirement: Applicant must be able to lift and/or carry object weighing up to fifty (50) pounds assisted by another person and/or use of equipment (e.g., hoisting equipment, hand truck).
Drivers License Requirement: Applicant must have a current, valid drivers license.
Quality of Experience: Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position.
The applicants overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that applicant has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which applicant is being considered.
Supplemental Information
Salary: The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable.
Requirements: Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified.
Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently.
Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks.
Part-time experience is pro-rated.
Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year.
Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited.
Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years.
Temporary Assignment: Claims of Temporary Assignment (TA) experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements must be verified and attached to the application using one of the options below:
A copy of the applicant's TA History Report or equivalent system-generated report; A signed letter from the applicant's supervisor that includes the applicant's name, his/her TA job title, the TA start and end dates (from mm/yy to mm/yy), his/her specific TA duties performed, and either the TA hours worked per week or total TA hours worked; or, Copies of the applicant's signed SF-10 Forms.
Documents: Attach all relevant supporting documents to your application.
Documents that were attached to applications submitted before November 16, 2023 do not automatically attach or transfer to applications submitted on and after December 16, 2023.
All submitted documents become the property of the Hawaii State Department of Education.
Information about Temporary Positions: Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs.
Making yourself available for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities.
A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months.
Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.
You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.
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 sexual 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.
12-month civil service and SSP employees enjoy a range of competitive benefits:
Holidays: You may be eligible for 13 paid holidays each year; 14 holidays during an election year.
Vacation: Employees of Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13 earn 21 days per year.
Sick Leave: Employees of Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13 earn 21 days per year.
Accumulated (unused) credits may be used toward computing retirement benefits.
Health Insurance: If eligible, the State pays a part of the premiums for each employees enrollment in