Court Administrator I (Land Court) – Honolulu, Oahu

Court Administrator I (Land Court)

Recruitment Number 26-012LK, Court Administrator I (Land Court), SR-24, Honolulu, Oahu. Note: The recruitment for this position is being announced at the Court Administrator I and II levels. See Court Administrator II (Land Court), Recruitment Number 26-013LK.

This position supports the statewide operations of the Land Court and the Tax Appeal Court by serving as the Registrar of the Land Court and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Tax Appeal Court. It oversees and directs all administrative, operational, and court service functions that support judicial proceedings, land title registration, and tax appeal matters across the State of Hawaii. Responsibilities include developing and implementing policies and procedures; managing court records, case management, and courtroom operations; coordinating with judges, Judiciary divisions, attorneys, and external agencies; overseeing budgets, personnel, technology systems, and legislative matters; and ensuring the accurate processing, custody, and certification of legal documents. The position also schedules court calendars statewide, supervises and trains staff, provides technical assistance to the public and legal community, and ensures compliance with applicable statutes, court rules, and administrative policies to promote efficient and uniform court operations.

Education Requirement: Graduation from an accredited (4) year college or university with a bachelor's degree. Excess work experience as described under Specialized Experience below, or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience which provided knowledge and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a bachelor's 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 of comparable knowledge 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 material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.

Specialized Experience: Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional, administrative, technical work experience in one or a combination of the following areas. Clerical work experience is non-qualifying: 1. In a court or legal setting, responsibility for supervising or overseeing the operational activities of a unit or section whose primary function is the preparation and/or processing of legal documents. Such experience must have included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary. Examples of legal settings are: Office of the Prosecutor, Public Defender, Department of the Attorney General, legal department in a financial institution or trust company, private attorney's office. 2. Independently performing professional work involving written analysis, evaluation and recommendations for problem resolution in a court or legal setting, or those social work or administrative programs of the courts. For purposes of this section, non-supervisory and supervisory work experience performing and/or supervising general clerical in not qualifying.

Staff Specialist OR Supervisory Experience: Six (6) months of experience in one of the following areas: A. Staff Specialist Experience: Work in a criminal justice system which included the development and/or modification of an institutional program, and/or work in a criminal justice system which included program development; evaluation and the development of new and revised procedures; and advisory services to management in the overall aspects of program development and evaluation. B. Supervisory Experience: Experience which included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing of new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary. The required years of Supervisory Experience is separate from meeting the Specialized Experience requirement under #1 above.

Administrative Experience: Administrative aptitude rather than actual administrative experience is accepted. Administrative aptitude will be considered to have been met for this level when there is strong evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involve administrative problems (e.g., planning, organizing, promoting and directing a program providing staff advice and assistance); interest in management demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly indicates awareness of problems and the ability to solve them; completion of educational or training courses in the areas of management accompanied by the application of principles, which were learned, to work assignments; management's observation and evaluation of the applicant's leadership and managerial capabilities; success in trial assignments to managerial and/or administrative tasks.

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: A. A master's degree in business, public administration or criminal justice administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience. B. A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.

Civil service employees are eligible for a range of benefits, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Up to 13 paid holidays each year, and 14 during election years
• Up to 21 vacation leave days per year
• Up to 21 sick leave days per year
• Reasonable time off with pay for jury or witness duty, death in the family, for certain military duty, and for donating to the Blood Bank
• Employer contribution to premiums for enrollment in the state sponsored medical, drug, vision, and adult dental plans
• Free life insurance policy for employees and retirees
• Deferred compensation retirement savings plan
• State retirement plan for eligible employees

The above benefits are subject to modification or termination due to changes in statutes, collective bargaining provisions, and/or policies, etc. This summary does not constitute a legal document or contract. Benefits may vary by type of employment and employment conditions.