Senior Office Clerk – Corrections Operations

State of Hawaiʻi; Hawaii; On-site; USD 39,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF)

Job summary

The State of Hawaiʻi is recruiting for senior clerical positions located across multiple correctional facilities in Oahu. The roles involve high-level clerical duties, independent work, and discretion in handling complex tasks while interpreting laws and regulations.

Minimum qualifications include English grammar and arithmetic proficiency, plus two years of clerical experience and office procedures familiarity. Drug screening and intensive background checks are required for conditional offers.

Qualifications

• Six months of work experience which demonstrated knowledge of English grammar, spelling, and arithmetic; the ability to read and understand oral and written instructions; write simply and directly; and compare words and numbers quickly and accurately.
• Two years of work experience which involved the performance of a variety of clerical tasks and demonstrated knowledge of office practices and procedures, and the ability to carry out procedures in clerical work systems, and operate various kinds of office equipment and technologies.
• Possession of Supervisory Aptitude is required for some positions. Supervisory Aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects of supervision, e.g., by serving as a group or team leader, or by the completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; and/or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.
• Substitutions Allowed: Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements, will apply.
• Keyboarding/Computer Skill: Some positions may require keyboarding proficiency and/or the ability to use computers and word processing and/or other software applications. These positions require the ability to keyboard/type 40 net words per minute.
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution.
• Other Requirements: All applicants who are conditionally offered employment or conditionally approved for movement into this position shall be subject to drug screening, as required by Federal, State or local laws, or departmental policy; and will be subject to an intensive background check.

Responsibilities

• Perform senior level clerical work that involves a wide range of clerical functions where some originating and planning of work are required and/or a variety of highly complex clerical or administrative tasks that are primarily substantive in nature and requires evaluating information for conformance with established requirements and interpreting laws, rules and regulations in order to determine appropriate disposition and use of judgment because problems are often not covered by standard instructions or established techniques, systems or procedures.
• Positions at this level carry out assignments independently, and accomplish work with substantial use of discretion and selectiveness in deviating from established processes and procedures.
• Some positions supervise and participate in performing complex clerical work comparable to the Office Assistant III.

Skills

English grammar

Arithmetic

Reading instructions

Written communication

Office equipment

Supervisory potential

Tools

Word processing software

Office equipment operation

Job description

The State of Hawaiʻi is recruiting for senior clerical positions located across multiple correctional facilities in Oahu. The roles involve high-level clerical duties, independent work, and discretion in handling complex tasks while interpreting laws and regulations.

Minimum qualifications include English grammar and arithmetic proficiency, plus two years of clerical experience and office procedures familiarity. Drug screening and intensive background checks are required for conditional offers.