Purchasing & Specifications Specialist II - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary Careers; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawai`i State Judiciary in Honolulu is seeking a Purchasing & Specifications Specialist II at SR-18 level to perform government purchasing, specifications development, and contracts procurement within the centralized program.

The role emphasizes advanced trainee responsibilities, including analyzing needs, drafting specifications for bids, and managing formal bid processes with proper documentation and compliance. Salary rate becomes effective July 1, 2026.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required from an accredited college or university.
• Experience with purchasing processes including drafting specifications and bid analysis.
• Knowledge of documentation for formal purchases (bonding, insurance, severability) and bidding procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform purchasing, standards and specifications development within centralized purchasing.
• Procurement work including contracts and supplier coordination.
• Respond to inquiries regarding bidding processes and ensure currency of specifications.

Skills

Analytical skills

Vendor communication

Bidding procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Position Specific Description

Recruitment Number 26-102JC, Purchasing & Specifications Specialist II, SR-18*, Honolulu.

Salary rate effective July 1, 2026.

Summary Of Duties

As an advanced trainee, performs a variety of simple and routine to moderately difficult governmental purchasing, standards and specifications development, and contracts procurement work within the Judiciary's centralized purchasing program.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Excess experience of the type and quality described below, or administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work which required a high level of analytical skills may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

Specialized Experience Requirement: One-half (1/2) year of responsible professional experience in purchasing which: 1) involved working with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products; 2) included drafting specifications for formal bids and/or updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability; and 3) showed an understanding and use of common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers' guides, etc.). Such experience must also have involved knowledge and application of documentation requirements for formal purchases, (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability), formal bidding procedures (e.g., advertising, receipt and analysis of bids), and responding to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

Substitutions Allowed

• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited college or university for a Bachelor's degree with a major in purchasing or a degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master's degree in public or business administration may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master's degree with a major in purchasing or a Master's degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one (1) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements for a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.

Supplemental Information

Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to [e-mail], or mailed to the following address: Hawai`i State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813.

Education: If you are using education as a substitution 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.