With over 1200 employees, supporting 13 units and dozens of programs, SOEST is always hiring.
SOEST employs a wide range of academic, technical, administrative, and support staff, covering nearly all disciplines of Earth, ocean, and planetary sciences. Most positions are based at the Mānoa campus of the School, though positions elsewhere on O‘ahu, sea-going positions, positions on other islands, and positions on the U.S. mainland are frequently available.
In addition to listings below, please visit the sites listed here:
- Advertisement for faculty positions, some administrative support, and some graduate assistant positions is managed centrally through Career Opportunities at UH.
- Institutional research support positions, postdoctoral researchers, project-based research, technical, and administrative positions, are managed through the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i (link updated 12-12-24).
- Administrative, maintenance and facility support, and financial services positions can also be found through the State of Hawai‘i Civil Service job listings.
- SOEST Job Board: View the SOEST Job Board listing from employers looking to hire SOEST students.
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Apply byHiring Unit: Office of the Provost, Mānoa
Date Posted: Sep. 25, 2024
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. For first consideration, submit application by January 3, 2025 as review of applications will begin on or about January 6, 2025.
Employee Type: Executive/Managerial (E/M)Download the UH Mānoa SOEST Executive Search Prospectus PDF.
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Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: Jan. 16, 2024
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment until position filled, application review begins March 1, 2024
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryAble Bodied Mariner
Apply by June 30, 2025Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Marine Center (UHMC)
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Date Posted: Mar. 01, 2024
Closing Date: Jun. 30, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Master, R/V Kilo Moana
Apply by June 30, 2025Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Marine Center (UHMC)
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Date Posted: Mar. 01, 2024
Closing Date: Jun. 30, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Junior or Assistant Extension Agent (Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator)
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Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
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Date Posted: Oct. 07, 2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryGraduate Assistant (Fuel Cell Catalyst Materials Synthesis)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Dec. 17, 2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time – Full Time Equivalency: 50% (20 hours per week)
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryGraduate Research Assistant (Electrolyte Materials Synthesis)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Dec. 17, 2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time – Full Time Equivalency: 50% (20 hours per week)
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryGraduate Assistant (Battery Prototyping)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Jan. 14, 2025
Closing Date: Continuous — Review of applications begins January 21, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time, 50% FTE
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryInfrasound Field System Researcher & Analyst
Apply by May 30, 2025Hiring Unit: School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: Jan. 15, 2025
Closing Date: May 30, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Marine Center Port Engineer
Apply by May 30, 2025Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Marine Center (UHMC)
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Date Posted: Jan. 16, 2025
Closing Date: May 30, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Graduate Assistant (Power System Innovation)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Jan. 22, 2025
Closing Date: Continuous – application review begins January 27, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time, 50% FTE
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryOperations Coordinator, Assistant Director –– Readvertisement
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
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Date Posted: Feb. 20, 2025
Closing Date: Continuous Until Filled – Application Review Begins 3/17/2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryAssistant Professor (F3, Satellite Technology for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP)
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Date Posted: Feb. 28, 2025
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment – application review begins 05/15/2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: PermanentCCRT Watershed Protection Technician
Apply by May 28, 2025Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC), Center for Conservation Research and Training (CCRT),
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Date Posted: Mar. 24, 2025
Closing Date: May 28, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Postdoctoral Researcher (Plant-Environmental Microbe Interaction)
Apply by June 02, 2025Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Apr. 03, 2025
Closing Date: June 02, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Human Resources Specialist
Apply by May 27, 2025Hiring Unit: Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Apr. 04, 2025
Closing Date: May 27, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: PermanentContract and Grants Specialist (Senior Research Development Administrator)
Apply by May 27, 2025Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: Apr. 09, 2025
Closing Date: May 27, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryCCRT GIS & Data Watershed Technician
Apply by May 28, 2025Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC), Center for Conservation Research and Training (CCRT)
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Date Posted: Apr. 22, 2025
Closing Date: May 28, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%CCRT Wildlife Technician
Apply by May 20, 2025Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC), Center for Conservation Research and Training (CCRT)
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Date Posted: May 01, 2025
Closing Date: May 20, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Assistant/Associate Professor (Marine Megafauna Physiologist)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
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Date Posted: May 06, 2025
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment until position filled – application review begins on or about 6/16/25. Applications received by 6/16/25 will receive priority.
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: PermanentAdmin & Fiscal Support Specialist — Readvertisement
Apply by May 27, 2025Hiring Unit: Department of Earth Sciences
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Date Posted: May 07, 2025
Closing Date: May 27, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: PermanentPostdoctoral Researcher (Computational Genomics)
Apply by May 27, 2025Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: May 08, 2025
Closing Date: May 27, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Operations Coordinator
Apply by June 06, 2025Hiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
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Date Posted: May 12, 2025
Closing Date: Jun. 06, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: TemporaryHIMB Postdoctoral Researcher (AIS Monitoring)
Apply by May 16, 2025Hiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
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Date Posted: May 13, 2025
Closing Date: May 16, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%Operations Coordinator
Apply by June 02, 2025Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: May 13, 2025
Closing Date: Jun. 02, 2025
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: PermanentSOEST Postdoctoral Researcher (ML/AI for Weather)
Apply by May 19, 2025Hiring Unit: Department of Atmospheric Sciences
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Date Posted: May 16, 2025
Closing Date: May 19, 2025
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%