PLANNER V - OAHU

State of Hawaiʻi; Hawaii; On-site; USD 74,403 - 86,668; Full time

Job summary

The State of Hawaiʻi is seeking a Planner V to provide information and plans for the orderly development of Hawaii’s geographic areas and public facilities. The role involves studies, coordination with multiple agencies, and presenting policy options to decision makers.

Applicants should have a bachelor's degree and 3.5 years of professional planning experience, with supervisory aptitude possibly substituting for actual supervisory experience. Driver’s license may be required for some positions.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Three and a half (3-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional planning experience with data collection and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Provide information and plans for orderly and coordinated development of Hawaii and/or State services.
• Conduct studies and prepare plans for geographic areas or major facilities and establish relationships with agencies.
• Coordinate input from groups/organizations involved in planning and consider social, economic, physical, and environmental factors.
• Develop policy options and present plans and alternatives to decision makers and at public hearings.

Skills

Legal authorization to work

Supervisory aptitude

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Number: 26-0277. The current vacancy positions are located in Downtown, Manoa, and Kahala, Oahu. This job posting will remain open until 30 applications are received. Please apply immediately as the recruitment may close at any time.
Salary: $6,667 to $7,766 per month (SR-24, Step D to I). Salary includes Shortage Category Differential.

Duties Summary

Positions in the Planner series are concerned with providing legislative and top-level administrative policymakers with information and plans for the orderly and coordinated physical, environmental, social, and/or economic development of Hawaii and/or the services of the State government. Positions are involved with the development of information and rationale for decisions which affect the direction, rate and character of growth of the State and/or of services to the people of the State over a significant period of time.

The Planner V conducts studies and prepares plans for the development of a geographic area, a major area of concern, public facility or activity; establishes and promotes effective relationships with other agencies and jurisdictions; and performs other related duties as assigned. This class involves the full range of professional public planning work required in the conduct of major planning projects.

Work involves conducting fact-finding and analysis, coordinating input from individuals, groups or agencies involved in or affected by the planning process and consideration of a variety of social, economic, physical and environmental factors in the development of plans. Assignments are characterized by the scope, depth and variety of planning considerations required such as planning for physical, social or economic development of a large geographic area or areas; planning for a major land use; or for a major kind of public facility, or for a major statewide activity.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Legal Authorization To Work
The State of Hawaii requires all persons seeking employment with the government of the State to be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.

Basic Education
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.

Specialized Experience
Three and one-half (3-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional planning experience which included the collection and evaluation of an extensive variety of physical, social, economic and environmental data, determination of public opinion and general community objectives and policies to obtain a comprehensive prospective of conditions and identify problems and opportunities in the area(s) of concern.
The experience must also show actual involvement in and responsibility for:

• The integration of such information including: the consideration of relationships among resources, facilities, services, needs and values for the development of policy options, alternatives for action, programs and priorities to meet goals and objectives for a given geographic area of concern;
• Advising and assisting agencies and administrators on planning concepts and methods, providing technical information and analyses for the formation of plans and programming of plans; and
• Formulation and presentation of plans and policy recommendations including alternatives and consequences of alternative actions to decision makers and at public hearings.

Such experience should demonstrate possession of the knowledge and general research sources and sources of environmental socioeconomic information, practices of public planning, and the ability to analyze facts and develop sound conclusions therefrom.

Supervisory Aptitude
Supervisory aptitude rather than actual supervisory experience may be accepted. This requirement will be considered met when there is strong affirmative evidence of the necessary supervisory abilities and/or potential.

Substitutions Allowed
Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements will apply.

Driver’s License
A valid driver's license is required for some positions at the time of appointment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Hawai‘i complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations in completing an application, any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please call 808‑587‑1111 for assistance.