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Contact Information

• Phone Number: (808) 974-7449
• Fax Number: (808) 974-7715
• Email Address: hrhilo@hawaii.edu
• Address:
  • Office Location: 1437 Kīlauea Avenue, Suite 104, Hilo, HI 96720
  • Mailing address: 200 West Kāwili St., Hilo, HI 96720

Human Resources Staff

Vacant - Director

The overall administrator of the Human Resources Office.

• Responsible for all aspects of the Human Resource function for the University.
• Advises the Senior Executives on human resource issues for UHH
• Liaison for UHH in legal matters
• Special projects
• Reorganization

Claire Shigeoka - Assistant Director

Claire is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Human Resources Office. She can assist you with information relative to:

• Reviews and evaluates all requests for establishing, filling and changing BOR and Civil Service positions at UHH
• Reviews APT Broadband actions
• Reviews on-line Form 17 system actions
• Places position ads
• Employee Retirement System (ERS) inquiries
• Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB) for employees
• Acts on the Director's behalf in his absence

Annette Sugimoto - Human Resources Officer

Annette can assist you with information relative to Executive, Faculty, and Administrative, Professional and Technical (APT) Employment:

• Non Instructional Bargaining Unit 07 / New Hire
• Instructional Bargaining Unit 07 / New Hire
• Immigration
• Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending, Retirement
• Leave Accounting System (including Family Leave)
• Employment Verification/Unemployment forms
• Direct deposit

Irene Sakamoto - Human Resources Clerk

Irene can assist you with information relative to Lecturers and Casual Hire Employment:

• Casual Hire / New
• Casual Hire / Re-Hire
• Benefits - BOR - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending, Retirement
• Direct Deposit
• Employment Verification/Unemployment forms
• SCOPIS (Form 6, scans, PTS, Job Announcements Forms)

Nicol Botelho - Human Resources Clerk

Civil Service Employment:

• APT New Hire
• Lecturer Re-Hire / Part time
• Lecturer Re-Hire / Full time
• Lecturer New-Hire / Part time
• Lecturer New-Hire / Full time
• Affiliate Faculty

Alison Akamine - Office Assistant

Serves as the secretary to the Director of Human Resources and the receptionist for the Human Resources Office. Provides information relative to:

• Civil Service Hire Packet
• Emergency Hire Packet
• Form D-55, Individual Time Sheets - OT, Emergency Hire, Night Shift Differential
• Benefits - Civil Service (Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending, Retirement
• General human resources information
• Director of HR appointments
• Leave accrual information for employees
• Human Resources Office correspondence