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Contact Information
- Phone Number: (808) 932-7626
- Fax Number: (808) 932-7663
- Email Address: hrhilo@hawaii.edu
- Address:
- Office Location: Auxiliary Services Building, Room 106
- Mailing address: 200 West Kāwili St., Hilo, HI 96720
Human Resources Staff
Kalei Rapoza - Director
Kalei is the overall administrator and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Human Resources Office. He can assist you with information relative to:
- Labor relations
- Reviews and evaluates all requests for establishing, filling and changing BOR and Civil Service positions at UH Hilo
- Reorganization and organizational charts
- Reviews on-line Form 17 system actions
- Reviews and approves position ads
- Training
- Advises the Senior Executives on human resource issues for UH Hilo
- Liaison for UH Hilo in legal matters
- Special projects
- Reviews, evaluates, and approves APT Broadband actions
- Special report requests
- Position control
Annette Sugimoto - Human Resources Specialist
Annette can assist you with information relative to Executive and Faculty Employment:
- Executives - New hires and changes
- Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
- Direct deposit
- Coaches - New hires and changes
- Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
- Direct deposit
- Reconstruction of faculty salaries
- Places position ads
- Employee Retirement System (ERS) inquiries
- Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB) for employees
- Immigration
- Family Leave, Leave Share
- Employment Verification/Unemployment forms
Alison Akamine - Human Resources Specialist
Ali can assist you with information relative to Workers Compensation, Civil Service Employment and the online Leave System:
- Civil Service - New hires and changes
- Civil Service 89-day Appointment - New hires and changes
- Benefits - Civil Service - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
- Civil Service- Direct Deposit
- Civil Service - Employment Verification/Unemployment forms
- Workers Compensation - submitting claims and case coordination with third party administrator (insurance company)
- Affiliate Faculty Appointments
- Leave accrual information for employees
- HR web page updates
- Human Resources Office Announcements and Broadcasts
Irene Sakamoto - Human Resources Assistant
Irene can assist you with information relative to Faculty and Instructor Employment:
- Non Instructional Bargaining Unit 07 / New hires and changes
- Instructional Bargaining Unit 07 / New hires and changes
- Benefits - BOR - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
- BOR - Direct Deposit
- BOR - Employment Verification/Unemployment forms
- Form D-55 Individual Time Sheets - OT, Night Shift Differential, 89-day Hire
- Temporary Assignment Time Reporting
Nicol Botelho - Human Resources Assistant
Nicol can assist you with information relative to Administrative, Professional and Technical (APT), Lecturer and Casual Hire Employment:
- APT New hires and changes
- Benefits - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
- Direct Deposit
- Casual Hire / New hires and changes
- Casual Hire / Re-Hires and changes
- Lecturer Re-Hires and changes/ Part time
- Lecturer Re-Hires and changes/ Full time
- Lecturer New-Hires and changes/ Part time
- Lecturer New-Hires and changes/ Full time
- Benefits, if applicable - Health Insurance, Group Life, Flexible Spending
- Direct Deposit
- APT, Casual Hire and Lecturer Employment Verification/Unemployment forms