University of Hawaii System
(CASUAL) Human Resources Specialist
University of Hawaii System, Waimea, Hawaii, United States
Applicants seeking short-term or part-time work with the University of Hawai'i may apply for Casual Hire positions, which include administrative, professional, and technical (APT) or instructional-type positions. Because of the temporary nature of these appointments, Casual Hire employees are not eligible for most benefits as provided to regular Board of Regents (BOR) and Civil Service employees (i.e. paid holidays/leave). Casual Hire appointments may last for up to 89 days for full-time employees, and up to 1 calendar year for part-time employees.
Title: (CASUAL) Human Resources Specialist
Hiring Unit: Human Resources Office
Position: CASUAL HIRE
Location: UH Hilo
Date Posted: January 6, 2026
Closing Date: January 13, 2026
Salary: $25.72/hour
Full time/Part time: Part-time, not to exceed nineteen (19) hours per week
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary, limited-term appointment
Other Conditions: Casual Hire temporary appointment is expected begin January 2026 or soon thereafter.
Duties
Performs a wide range of professional human resources duties in assuring excellent customer service, compliance, efficiency, and maintaining a positive and productive employee relations environment for UH Hilo.
Assists with auditing, reviewing, and processing position and classification requests, including drafting and preparing position descriptions to ensure proper classification and description of duties and responsibilities.
Assists with all aspects of recruitment including tracking, updating, and monitoring position vacancies, preparing position advertisements, screening applications, advising the hiring departments, and coordinating the completion of the search and hiring process.
Researches and processes position/personnel actions for Civil Service and Board of Regents (BOR) appointments, as needed (e.g. maintaining and updating position and personnel files, processing salary adjustments, processing appropriate hire and separation actions to ensure compliance with laws, collective bargaining agreements, and UH policies, procedures, and directives, etc.).
Researches, processes, and resolves issues involving employee pay and benefits, and advises HR Director or designee of unusual or difficult cases.
Researches, processes, and responds to requests for regular and special reports, compiles information and completes surveys, including but not limited to salary adjustments, overpayments, and other position and personnel matters, in a timely manner.
Keeps abreast of the laws, collective bargaining agreements, and UH policies, procedures, and directives, etc., that affect the human resources function.
Operates a computerized human resources management system such as PeopleSoft and other personnel/payroll/financial database systems such as KFS, NEOGOV, TAPS, etc.
Drafts and composes memos, letters, reports, and other communication related to areas of responsibility, as assigned.
Assists in the orientation and onboarding of new employees, including but not limited to, generating and processing employment and payroll documents, providing an overview of employment benefits and resources, and other related employment actions.
Receives calls, greets guests, assesses inquiries and makes referrals to the appropriate staff, office, or agency.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a baccalaureate degree in any field and one (1) year of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities in one or more functional areas of human resources such as position classification; pay administration; recruitment and examination; personnel and organizational development; employee and labor relations; or equivalent education/training or experience.
Desirable Qualifications
Knowledge of UH Policies, procedures, and organizational structure.
Knowledge of collective bargaining agreements governing public employment in the State of Hawai?i (e.g. HGEA, UHPA, UPW).
Professional work experience with University of Hawaii personnel/payroll/financial database systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, KFS, NeoGov).
Professional work experience with HR responsibilities in a State of Hawai’i department and/or post-secondary education setting.
Detail oriented and able to prioritize multiple duties with demanding deadlines.
To Apply Click on the “Apply” button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach each required document. A complete application must include:
Cover letter explaining how qualifications are met
Resume
Names and contact information (telephone number and email addresses) of at least three (3) professional references
Transcript(s) showing degrees and course work appropriate to the position (copies are acceptable; however, original official transcripts will be required prior to employment).
Transcripts issued from an institution outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc., verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant. Copies of diplomas will not be accepted.
Please do not include any self-identifying photos.
Please redact references to Social Security number and birthdates on transcript copies.
All requested documents/information will become the property of the University.
All minimum qualifications must be met by the hire date.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Failure to submit all required documents and reference information shall deem an application to be incomplete.
Note: If you have not applied for a position before using NeoGov, you will need to create an account.
Inquiries: Lorena Kauhi, lorenadk@hawaii.edu
Please refer to the Human Resources Specialist - Casual Hire when making inquiries.
EEO, Clery Act, ADA
The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/
Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.
Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/
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Title: (CASUAL) Human Resources Specialist
Hiring Unit: Human Resources Office
Position: CASUAL HIRE
Location: UH Hilo
Date Posted: January 6, 2026
Closing Date: January 13, 2026
Salary: $25.72/hour
Full time/Part time: Part-time, not to exceed nineteen (19) hours per week
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary, limited-term appointment
Other Conditions: Casual Hire temporary appointment is expected begin January 2026 or soon thereafter.
Duties
Performs a wide range of professional human resources duties in assuring excellent customer service, compliance, efficiency, and maintaining a positive and productive employee relations environment for UH Hilo.
Assists with auditing, reviewing, and processing position and classification requests, including drafting and preparing position descriptions to ensure proper classification and description of duties and responsibilities.
Assists with all aspects of recruitment including tracking, updating, and monitoring position vacancies, preparing position advertisements, screening applications, advising the hiring departments, and coordinating the completion of the search and hiring process.
Researches and processes position/personnel actions for Civil Service and Board of Regents (BOR) appointments, as needed (e.g. maintaining and updating position and personnel files, processing salary adjustments, processing appropriate hire and separation actions to ensure compliance with laws, collective bargaining agreements, and UH policies, procedures, and directives, etc.).
Researches, processes, and resolves issues involving employee pay and benefits, and advises HR Director or designee of unusual or difficult cases.
Researches, processes, and responds to requests for regular and special reports, compiles information and completes surveys, including but not limited to salary adjustments, overpayments, and other position and personnel matters, in a timely manner.
Keeps abreast of the laws, collective bargaining agreements, and UH policies, procedures, and directives, etc., that affect the human resources function.
Operates a computerized human resources management system such as PeopleSoft and other personnel/payroll/financial database systems such as KFS, NEOGOV, TAPS, etc.
Drafts and composes memos, letters, reports, and other communication related to areas of responsibility, as assigned.
Assists in the orientation and onboarding of new employees, including but not limited to, generating and processing employment and payroll documents, providing an overview of employment benefits and resources, and other related employment actions.
Receives calls, greets guests, assesses inquiries and makes referrals to the appropriate staff, office, or agency.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a baccalaureate degree in any field and one (1) year of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities in one or more functional areas of human resources such as position classification; pay administration; recruitment and examination; personnel and organizational development; employee and labor relations; or equivalent education/training or experience.
Desirable Qualifications
Knowledge of UH Policies, procedures, and organizational structure.
Knowledge of collective bargaining agreements governing public employment in the State of Hawai?i (e.g. HGEA, UHPA, UPW).
Professional work experience with University of Hawaii personnel/payroll/financial database systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, KFS, NeoGov).
Professional work experience with HR responsibilities in a State of Hawai’i department and/or post-secondary education setting.
Detail oriented and able to prioritize multiple duties with demanding deadlines.
To Apply Click on the “Apply” button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach each required document. A complete application must include:
Cover letter explaining how qualifications are met
Resume
Names and contact information (telephone number and email addresses) of at least three (3) professional references
Transcript(s) showing degrees and course work appropriate to the position (copies are acceptable; however, original official transcripts will be required prior to employment).
Transcripts issued from an institution outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc., verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant. Copies of diplomas will not be accepted.
Please do not include any self-identifying photos.
Please redact references to Social Security number and birthdates on transcript copies.
All requested documents/information will become the property of the University.
All minimum qualifications must be met by the hire date.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Failure to submit all required documents and reference information shall deem an application to be incomplete.
Note: If you have not applied for a position before using NeoGov, you will need to create an account.
Inquiries: Lorena Kauhi, lorenadk@hawaii.edu
Please refer to the Human Resources Specialist - Casual Hire when making inquiries.
EEO, Clery Act, ADA
The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/
Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.
Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/
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