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Recruitment Number OHHI-25060

This recruitment is being conducted under the Operation Hire Hawaii (OH-HI) project, a targeted outreach initiative featuring an expedited hiring process, fast-tracking qualified applicants into job opportunities throughout Hawai'i.

Applications received for this recruitment will be reviewed for Legal Authorization to work in the US. All applicants who pass the Legal Authorization review will be referred to the hiring department for consideration and an initial review of the application.

Applicants who meet the initial review requirements at the departmental level may be contacted by the hiring program for an interview. All applicants interviewed by the hiring program will be notified of their selection or non-selection by the department.

Salary: $6,399 - $7,787 per month (SR-26, Step D to I)

Duties Summary

Positions in the Project Manager Series includes all classes of positions which reflect responsibility for the supervision and/or performance of professional work in planning, organizing, managing, implementing, and evaluating specific projects on behalf of a department. Positions in this series are accountable for all aspects of a project, ensuring that all products identified in the project scope are delivered on time and within budget. Positions also perform other related administrative duties such as managing the project budget, developing and monitoring contracts, and creating status reports.

Level II in the Project Manager series reflects one or a combination of two general types:

• A full supervisor over a unit or team of lower-level positions engaged in the performance of professional project management work.
• A senior project manager responsible for planning, organizing, managing, implementing, and evaluating one or more projects concurrently. Such projects are considered highly complex due to their extensive scope and impact to the State of Hawaii.

Examples Of Highly Complex Projects Include Those That:

• Require oversight and coordination of multiple interdisciplinary project teams,
• Combine the interests of State, federal, local, and or private stakeholders,
• Have a major statewide impact,
• Involve large budgets and complex sources of financing (e.g. Capital Improvement Project funds),
• Pose a high risk to the project team and/or State (e.g. hazardous material remediation, political pressures, controversial in nature, heavy public interest/media coverage, endangered plant or animal species),
• Have many unknowns (e.g. undefined requirements, overly broad scope),
• Require coordination of multiple consultants and contractors, and/or
• Possess heavy time constraints.

This position determines project and program priorities; oversees all project components from conception to implementation; works directly with project staff and consultants to ensure that resources are appropriately utilized throughout project phases; monitors project progress; requests and allocates the appropriate resources needed for timely completion of all phases; communicates effectively with all stakeholders; manages contracts; coordinates functional management activities; maintains records and documentation pertaining to project decisions; coordinates and manages end-user testing; provides advisory support to stakeholders and project staff; and evaluates and refines operating procedures to improve the execution of projects.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:

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

Specialized Experience: Four and one-half (4-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional experience planning, directing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating projects.

Supervisory Aptitude: Supervisory aptitude rather than actual supervisory experience is required.

Driver's License Requirement: Applicants must possess a valid driver's license at the time of appointment.

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

Other Information

The State of Hawai'i complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management and Information Technology

Industries

• Government Administration