LIBRARY TECHNICIAN V - MAUI COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER - WAILUKU, MAUI

About the role

This vacancy is with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku. Salary: $3,606 to $4,563 per month (SR-11, Step C to I). Note: Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex library support work in a CORRECTIONAL FACILITY;
• Coincide with ordering and monitor library legal and recreational materials and schedules inmates for law library sessions;
• Train subordinates, volunteers, and inmate work line and supervise their work;
• Perform complex library support work;
• And/or perform substantive technical/paraprofessional library support work which requires knowledge and understanding of techniques used in one or more of the basic elements of library sciences;
• And perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Legal Authorization to Work: The State of Hawaii Requires 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.
• General Experience: One (1) year of clerical work experience which demonstrated knowledge of spelling and arithmetic; and the ability to read, understand and follow oral and written instructions, and compare words and numbers quickly and accurately. This experience must also demonstrate knowledge of and ability to perform various clerical procedures, operate various kinds of office equipment, and deal with others in a tactful and polite manner; or must have been at least comparable to the Library Assistant II level.
• Specialized Experience: Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in a CORRECTIONAL FACILITY library which involved performing various library support activities (e.g., circulation work, stack maintenance, processing orders for library LEGAL AND RECREATIONAL materials and schedules inmates for library sessions, posting receipt of periodicals and other materials, locating and verifying bibliographic information using standard sources, etc.) and which demonstrated knowledge of and required the application of library terminology, practices, policies and procedures and understanding of the nature and organization of library materials. This experience must also demonstrate knowledge and understanding of various elements related to the organization of library materials, including elements of bibliographic description, catalog card elements and general format, standard library tools and reference sources (e.g., Library of Congress Subject Headings, Books in Print, Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature), classification scheme(s) (e.g., Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress), and/or the nature of various types of publications and materials. At least one year of the required Specialized Experience must have been comparable to the Library Assistant IV level. The Library Assistant IV independently performs complex library support work; supervises and participates in performing moderately complex library support work; provides all non-professional support for a school library; and performs other related duties as assigned.
• Supervisory Aptitude: For certain positions, supervisory aptitude may be required. 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; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

Qualifications

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

• Legal Authorization to Work: The State of Hawaii Requires 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.
• General Experience: One (1) year of clerical work experience which demonstrated knowledge of spelling and arithmetic; and the ability to read, understand and follow oral and written instructions, and compare words and numbers quickly and accurately. This experience must also demonstrate knowledge of and ability to perform various clerical procedures, operate various kinds of office equipment, and deal with others in a tactful and polite manner; or must have been at least comparable to the Library Assistant II level.
• Specialized Experience: Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in a CORRECTIONAL FACILITY library which involved performing various library support activities (e.g., circulation work, stack maintenance, processing orders for library LEGAL AND RECREATIONAL materials and schedules inmates for library sessions, posting receipt of periodicals and other materials, locating and verifying bibliographic information using standard sources, etc.) and which demonstrated knowledge of and required the application of library terminology, practices, policies and procedures and understanding of the nature and organization of library materials. This experience must also demonstrate knowledge and understanding of various elements related to the organization of library materials, including elements of bibliographic description, catalog card elements and general format, standard library tools and reference sources (e.g., Library of Congress Subject Headings, Books in Print, Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature), classification scheme(s) (e.g., Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress), and/or the nature of various types of publications and materials. At least one year of the required Specialized Experience must have been comparable to the Library Assistant IV level. The Library Assistant IV independently performs complex library support work; supervises and participates in performing moderately complex library support work; provides all non-professional support for a school library; and performs other related duties as assigned.
• Supervisory Aptitude: For certain positions, supervisory aptitude may be required. 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; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.