Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

05/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/02/2024 17:54

DHHL PARTICIPATES IN WEST OʻAHU JOB FAIR

Posted on May 2, 2024 in Media Releases, Slider

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 2, 2024

DHHL PARTICIPATES IN WEST OʻAHU JOB FAIR

Job seekers to explore career opportunities in west and central Oʻahu

(KAPOLEI, OʻAHU) - The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) will participate in an in-person job fair on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ka Makana Aliʻi between Sephora and Zales.

DHHL is currently hiring for over a dozen positions including equipment operator, land agent, homestead district supervisor, engineers, planners and more.

"It's an exciting time to work for the department and this event is an opportunity for job seekers to explore meaningful employment opportunities with the department," said DHHL Director Kali Watson. "There is a need to fill the staff we are missing so we can better serve the native Hawaiian community and get our beneficiaries into homes."

Other state agencies like the Department of Health, Department of Transportation, Hawaiʻi Youth Challenge and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will be in attendance.

The job fair is being held in partnership between DHHL, the Department of Human Resources Development and Ka Makana Aliʻi.

For more information call 808-587-1111 or visit jobs.hawaii.gov.

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About the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands:

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands carries out Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole's vision of rehabilitating native Hawaiians by returning them to the land. Established by U.S. Congress in 1921 with the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the Hawaiian homesteading program run by DHHL includes management of more than 200,000 acres of land statewide with the specific purpose of developing and delivering homesteading.

Media Contact:

Diamond Badajos

Information and Community Relations Officer

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

Cell: 808-342-0873

[email protected]