Chief Court Administrator II (Lautenberg)

Hawaii State Judiciary; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawaii State Judiciary in Honolulu seeks a Chief Court Administrator II (Lautenberg) to lead the First Judicial Circuit, directing administrative, business, and support functions essential to court operations.

The role involves setting goals, formulating policies, coordinating units, and guiding administrators and supervisors while overseeing personnel and budget responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Leadership and supervisory experience in administrative, professional, or analytical roles.
• Ability to write clear, comprehensive reports and to interpret complex material.
• Experience planning, directing, and coordinating administrative and support functions in a court or legal setting.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, administer, and coordinate administrative, business, and support functions to support court proceedings and programs.
• Establish goals, formulate policies and controls to promote efficient operations.
• Oversee court programs, resources, fiscal and personnel functions; coordinate workflow among units and judiciary administration; provide leadership to subordinate administrators, managers, and supervisors.

Skills

Leadership

Policy development

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Chief Court Administrator II (Lautenberg)

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

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.

Education Requirements

Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor’s 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 bachelor’s 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.

• 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; (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 attorney’s office.)

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Master’s 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 these positions, 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.