Entry Level Manoa Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Salary: $0.00 Semi-Monthly
Location : UH Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Job Type: Part-Time Temporary
Job Number: 2026-01785
Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - School of Hawaiian Knowledge
Division: Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language
Opening Date: 08/12/2026
Closing Date: 8/28/2026 11:59 PM Hawaii
Position Number:: 0000GA11
Description
Title: Graduate Research Assistant, I Hoa Na Mo'olelo - Ke Panana Aloha Admin.
Position Number: 0000GA11
Hiring Unit: Hawaiinuiakea School for Hawaiian Knowledge, Kawaihuelani, Center for Hawaiian Language
Location: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu - HI
Date Posted: 8/12/26
Closing Date: 8/28/26
Salary Information: GA-11, step 17 - $2,627.00 monthly/ $31,524 yearly.
Monthly Type: 11-month
Full Time/ Part Time: Part-Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary
Funding: General
Other Conditions: Temporary, part-time position, Continuation dependent upon availability of funds, GA eligibility requirements and satisfactory performance.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend regular meetings of the KPA director and staff.
• Assist in scheduling, announcing, and documenting KPA meetings.
• Assist in scheduling, announcing, and documenting visits to Kula Kaiapuni and community outreach.
• Maintain digital and physical repositories of KPA work and research.
• Maintain KPA financial records and budget information.
• Conduct research and procurement of equipment and supplies needed to fulfill the project's objectives.
• Assist in preparing progress and spending reports as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Full time Graduate Student in good standing.
• Able to communicate effectively in 'olelo Hawaii, in written and spoken form, in various contexts.
• Comfortable using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Zoom.

Desired Qualifications

• Current Graduate Student in Kawaihuelani.
• Experience conducting research in Hawaiian language newspapers and other repositories of moolelo.
• Experience composing moolelo in Hawaiian.
• Has pilina to the community and organizations centered in a specific district of O?ahu.
• Familiarity with kula kaiapuni and/o rexisting relationships with one or more kula or kumu.

To apply:
Click on the "Apply" button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach required documents to the online application. Applicants should submit:

1. a letter expressing your interest in this position and your fulfillment of the qualifications listed above;
2. Resume;
3. Three references name, position, phone number, and email address; and
4. a short writing sample in Hawaiian.

Inquires: Dr. Kahikina De Silva, kahikina.desilva@hawaii.edu
EEO, Clery Act, ADA
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