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 works best with Chrome and Safari; unfortunately we can no longer link directly to individual SOEST job listings).
- 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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Gordon A. Macdonald Professor (or Assoc Prof) of Volcanology & Hawai’i State Volcanologist
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Earth Sciences
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Date Posted: Nov. 05, 2025
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment – application review begins December 31, 2025. Applications received after this date may be considered.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
ORE Research Administration Assistant
Apply by September 15, 2026Hiring Unit: Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE)
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Date Posted: Feb. 19, 2026
Closing Date: Sep. 15, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Postdoctoral Researcher (Statistical Phylogenetics)
Apply by September 18, 2026Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Mar. 16, 2026
Closing Date: Sep. 18, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE) and Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: June 01, 2026
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment – application review begins August 1, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Asst. /Assoc. Professor (F3/F4) Outer Solar System Science & Space Grant Assoc. Director
Apply byHiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP)
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Date Posted: June 25, 2026
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment — application review begins 08/10/2026
Monthly Type: 9 Month, 11 Month if appointed as Associate Director
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
Fiscal Specialist — Readvertisement
Apply by September 14, 2026Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: Aug. 25, 2026
Closing Date: Sep. 14, 2026
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
IT Specialist— Readvertisement
Apply by September 15, 2026Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: Aug. 26, 2026
Closing Date: Sep. 15, 2026
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology
Apply byHiring Unit: Department of Earth Sciences (ERTH)
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Date Posted: Aug. 27, 2026
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment. Application review begins on 10/15/2026.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
CIMAR Postdoctoral Researcher (Pelagic Ecology)
Apply by September 14, 2026Hiring Unit: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR)
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Date Posted: Aug. 31, 2026
Closing Date: Sep. 14, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
SOEST Postdoctoral Researcher (Battery Materials)
Apply by September 18, 2026Hiring Unit: Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI)
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Date Posted: Sep. 04, 2026
Closing Date: Sep. 18, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0%










