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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Director, State Aquarium
Apply byHiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: Mar. 23, 2026
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment – application review begins April 30, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent -
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 August 15, 2026Hiring Unit: Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE)
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Date Posted: Feb. 19, 2026
Closing Date: Aug. 15, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Postdoctoral Researcher (Statistical Phylogenetics)
Apply by July 25, 2026Hiring Unit: Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC)
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Date Posted: Mar. 16, 2026
Closing Date: July 25, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Marine Center Port Engineer
Apply by August 01, 2026Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Marine Center (UHMC)
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Date Posted: May 05, 2026
Closing Date: Aug. 01, 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 -
CIMAR UHSLC Postdoctoral Researcher
Apply by July 31, 2026Hiring Unit: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR), University of Hawai‘i Sea Level Center (UHSLC)
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Date Posted: June 08, 2026
Closing Date: July 31, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
SOEST Postdoctoral Researcher (SCOAR Coupled Modeler)
Apply by July 13, 2026Hiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: June 15, 2026
Closing Date: July 13, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
CIMAR Postdoctoral Researcher (DARC Lab)
Apply by July 17, 2026Hiring Unit: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR)
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Date Posted: June 19, 2026
Closing Date: July 17, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
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 -
Project Outreach Coordinator (UC-AO)
Apply by June 30, 2026Hiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: June 25, 2026
Closing Date: July 30, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 75.0% -
SOEST Postdoctoral Researcher (Fisheries Oceanography)
Apply by July 15, 2026Hiring Unit: Department of Oceanography
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Date Posted: June 29, 2026
Closing Date: July 15, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
HIMB Postdoctoral Marine Researcher
Apply by July 31, 2026Hiring Unit: Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
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Date Posted: June 29, 2026
Closing Date: July 31, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: 100.0% -
Fiscal Specialist — Readvertisement
Apply by July 22, 2026Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: July 02, 2026
Closing Date: July 22, 2026
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Administrative Officer
Apply by July 23, 2026Hiring Unit: Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE)
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Date Posted: July 06, 2026
Closing Date: July 23, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Junior Extension Agent (11-Month)
Apply by July 22, 2026Hiring Unit: University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant)
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Date Posted: July 08, 2026
Closing Date: July 22, 2026
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Tenure Track: Non-Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Instructional Designer for Fisheries Program
Apply by July 24, 2026Hiring Unit: UH Sustainable Fisheries Program
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Date Posted: July 09, 2026
Closing Date: July 24, 2026
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time (less than 50%)
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
Operations Coordinator
Apply by July 29, 2026Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: July 10, 2026
Closing Date: July 29, 2026
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary -
IT Specialist
Apply by July 30, 2026Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
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Date Posted: July 13, 2026
Closing Date: July 30, 2026
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary
















