RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CARE ACCESS (RICA) CONTRACTS SPECIALIST

EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited four (4) years college or university with a bachelor’s degree.

Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience below, or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience that provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities.

The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.

EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind, quality and in the amounts shown below, or any equivalent combination of training and experience.

General Experience: One and one-half (1 ½) years of progressively responsible professional or other responsible analytical work which involved gathering, evaluating, and analyzing facts and other information required to resolve problems and/or to determine and recommend appropriate courses of action. Such experience must have demonstrated the ability to elicit information orally and in writing, apply problem-solving methods and techniques, identify alternatives, use judgment in determining appropriate alternatives, and prepare clear and concise written reports and recommendations for action.

Specialized Experience: One (1) year of professional or other responsible work experience which included substantial and significant involvement in contract development and/or processing. Such experience must have included responsibility for reviewing and analyzing contracts for conformance with rules, regulations, policies, format and related requirements; recommending approval/disapproval of contracts and assisting program personnel in the development and processing of contracts.

Substitutions Allowed:

1.A master's degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one (1) year of the required General Experience.

2.A law degree from a school of law accredited by a nationally recognized, specialized accrediting body (or coursework deemed comparable by a nationally recognized, specialized accrediting body) may be substituted for all of the required General and Specialized Experience.

3.Excess Specialized Experience may be substituted for the General Experience on a year-for-year basis.

Who May Apply

LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK REQUIREMENT: The State of Hawaii requires that all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.