Court Administrator II (Land Court) - Honolulu, Oahu

Court Administrator II (Land Court) - Honolulu, Oahu

Salary: $6,535.00 Monthly Location: Honolulu Job Type: Full-Time Permanent Job Number: 26-013LK Department: 1st Circuit Division Land & Tax Appeal Crt Opening Date: 01/25/2026 Closing Date: Continuous

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Position Specific Description Recruitment Number 26-013LK, Court Administrator II (Land Court), SR-26, Honolulu, Oahu. Note: The recruitment for this position is being announced at the Court Administrator I and II levels. See Court Administrator I (Land Court), Recruitment No. 26-012LK.

Summary of Duties

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
• 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.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

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:
   • Planning and directing the work of others
   • Assigning and reviewing their work
   • Advising them on difficult problem areas
   • Timing and scheduling their work
   • Training and developing new employees
   • Disciplining them when necessary
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     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 attorneys office, etc.

     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.

     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:

     • Planning and directing the work of others
     • Assigning and reviewing their work
     • Advising them on difficult problem areas
     • Timing and scheduling their work
     • Training and developing of new employees
     • Disciplining them when necessary

     Administrative Experience:

     Six (6) months of progressively responsible work experience in a court or legal setting, social work or administrative program of the courts which involved active participation in and major responsibility for the development of policies and procedures; and the development, management, execution and coordination of program operations and activities.

     Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:

     Please select all that apply.

     • 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.
     • Graduation from an accredited school of law with a Juris Doctor degree may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.
     • None of the above.

     IMPORTANT NOTE:

     Before submitting your application, carefully review it to ensure it is complete and accurate. The information you provide in both the application and the supplemental questionnaire will be used to evaluate your qualifications. Incomplete or insufficiently detailed information may result in disqualification.

     For each position listed, you must include the employer's name, your official job title, dates of employment (month/year to month/year), hours worked per week, and a detailed description of your job duties. Do not submit an online or printed resume in place of the application or supplemental questionnaire. If you choose to submit a resume in addition to your application, it must contain the same employment information outlined above.

     I have read the above statement and understand that failure to provide sufficient detailed information may result in my application being rejected.

     Required Question:

     • Employer: Hawai`i State Judiciary
     • Address: 426 Queen Street, First Floor Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
     • Phone: (808)539-4949 1 (800) 493-9298
     • Website: http://www.courts.state.hi.us