Purchasing & Specifications Specialist IV - Honolulu, Oahu

Summary Of Duties

Independently performs the full range and variety of work in governmental purchasing, standards and specifications development, and contracts procurement work for commodities and services that are highly technical and complex for programs within the Judiciary's centralized purchasing program; performs technical work in reviewing, processing and procuring contracts for capital improvement construction and professional services; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

• Specialized Experience Requirement: Two and one-half (2-1/2) years of responsible professional experience in purchasing which:

  • involved working with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products;
  • included drafting specifications for formal bids and/or updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability;
  • showed an understanding and use of common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers' guides, etc.).

• Such experience must also have involved knowledge and application of documentation requirements for formal purchases, (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability), formal bidding procedures (e.g., advertising, receipt and analysis of bids), and responding to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

Substitutions Allowed

• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited college or university for a Bachelor's degree with a major in purchasing or a degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master's degree in public or business administration may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master's degree with a major in purchasing or a Master's degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one (1) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements for a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.