With nearly 1,000 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.
- 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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Graduate Assistant (Geology/Astronomy)
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: July 02, 2021
Closing Date: Continuous
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time – 50% FTE
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Postdoctoral Researcher (Planetary & Space Sciences)
Apply by January 15, 2024Hiring Unit: Department of Earth Sciences
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Date Posted: Apr. 21, 2023
Closing Date: Jan. 15, 2024
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time -
Assistant Professor
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: June 08, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment — application review begins August 7, 2023
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant or Associate Specialist in Isotope Geochemistry
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Earth Sciences
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Date Posted: June 15, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment — application review begins Aug. 07, 2023
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non-tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
SOEST/PPSF Research Facilities Assistant
Apply by December 29, 2023Hiring Unit: SOEST Physical Plant Support Facility (PPSF)
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Date Posted: Sep. 08, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 29, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: 100% -
Assistant Professor (Paleoclimatology)
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Earth Sciences
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Date Posted: Oct. 23, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins January 8, 2024. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Professor in Climate Science
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Atmospheric Sciences
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Date Posted: Nov. 08, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins on January 8, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 9 month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant or Associate Researcher
Apply by December 15, 2023Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Nov. 13, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 15, 2023.
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Professor in Oceanographic Engineering
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE)
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Date Posted: Nov. 16, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins Jan. 08, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. Application received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Researcher (equiv. to Assistant Professor), 3 positions
Apply byHiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Nov. 17, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous — application review begins December 18, 2023. Priority review will be given to applications received before December 18, 2023 at 12:00am Hawai’i Standard Time (HST). Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Extension Agent (Fisheries Extension Faculty)
Apply byHiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
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Date Posted: Nov. 20, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous — Application review begins on January 8, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Researcher (R3)
Apply by December 14, 2023Hiring Unit: Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Nov. 22, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 14, 2023
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non-tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
C-MORE Administrative Program Facilitator
Apply by December 15, 2023Hiring Unit: Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)
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Date Posted: Nov. 22, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 15, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: 50.0% -
JR Specialist / Indigenous Stewardship Specialist (He‘eia NERR)
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
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Date Posted: Nov. 24, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Professor (Fisheries Oceanographer)
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: Nov. 28, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins January 8, 2024. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Assistant Professor (Microbial Oceanographer)
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: Nov. 28, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins March 01, 2024. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
CIMAR Research Support/Lab Technician
Apply by December 19, 2023Hiring Unit: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR)
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Date Posted: Nov. 28, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 19, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Assistant Researcher
Apply by December 13, 2023Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Nov. 29, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 13, 2023
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non-tenure
Full Time/Part Time: 50%
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary, Not to Exceed 6/30/24 -
Admin & Fiscal Support Specialist—Readvertisement
Apply by December 31, 2023Hiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: Nov. 29, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Operations Coordinator
Apply by December 15, 2023Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Dec. 01, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 15, 2023
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Director of Grants Development
Apply byHiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: Dec. 05, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins January 15, 2024, and will continue until filled. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
SOEST Postdoctoral Researcher (Oceanography Simons)
Apply by December 11, 2023Hiring Unit: Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)
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Date Posted: Dec. 06, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 11, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Junior Researcher (Climate Justice Data Specialist)
Apply by January 03, 2024Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
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Date Posted: Dec. 06, 2023
Closing Date: Jan. 03, 2024
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non-tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
PBRC Research Specialist
Apply by December 12, 2023Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Dec. 07, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 12, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
HIGP UHM Advance Research Scientist
Apply by December 15, 2023Hiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP)
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Date Posted: Dec. 07, 2023
Closing Date: Dec. 15, 2023
Full Time/Part Time: 50.0%
