Secretary I (Children's Justice Center) Hilo, Hawaii

Recruitment Number 25-296KSSecretary I (Childrens Justice Center) SR-12 Hilo Hawaii.

Provides secretarial services to a manager administrator or director of an organizational entity in the judicial branch of Hawaiis state government; may supervise and participate in performing highly complex clerical work; and perform other duties as required.

Education Requirement: Graduation from high school or equivalent.

General Experience: One and one-half (1 1/2) years of progressively responsible typing stenographic and/or substantive clerical work experience which demonstrated knowledge of English grammar spelling and arithmetic; knowledge of common office equipment; knowledge and understanding of computer word processing and software applications; the ability to read and understand oral and written instructions; the ability to speak and write simply and directly; and the ability to carry out procedures in clerical work systems and perform secretarial tasks. This experience includes but is not limited to several of the following: serving as telephone and walk-in receptionist; maintaining a system of files; making travel arrangements; composing correspondence; obtaining and presenting information from files; routing correspondence; reviewing outgoing correspondence for format grammar spelling and typography; maintaining a log of pending work; preparing and finalizing documents using computer word processing applications; preparing and finalizing charts tables graphs and other materials using computer software applications etc.

Selective Certification Requirement: This position requires typing and/or keyboarding skills (40 net words per minute) and/or the ability to use typewriters computers and word processing and/or other software applications.

Substitutions Allowed:

Any combination of work experience and/or education although not cited elsewhere in this specification which clearly demonstrates the applicants possession of knowledge skills and abilities comparable in quality and quantity to that described in this specification may be accepted as satisfying a portion or all of the minimum qualification requirements.

Substitution of Education for Experience:

1. Partial completion of a substantially full-time equivalent clerical stenographic or secretarial curriculum at an accredited community college business or technical school which included courses in business English arithmetic office clerical procedures and office equipment may be substituted on a month-to-month basis up to a maximum of one (1) year of the General Experience.

2. Successful completion of a substantially full-time equivalent clerical stenographic or secretarial curriculum leading to a degree or diploma at an accredited community college business or technical school which included courses in business English arithmetic office clerical procedures and office equipment may be substituted for the one and one-half (1-1/2) years of the General Experience.

3. Education in a accredited university or college in a baccalaureate program may be substituted for on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours for six (6) months of experience up to one and one-half (1-1/2) years of the General Experience.

4. Graduation from an accredited university or college with a Bachelors degree may be substituted for all of the General Experience.

Any additional information may be attached to your online application submitted by email to or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary Human Resources Department 426 Queen Street First Floor Honolulu Hawaii 96813.

Education: If you are using education as a substitute 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.

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