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  • Student Services Professional Opportunities (SSP)

    Cal Poly is seeking dedicated individuals interested in Student Services positions. The appointments vary in classification, salary, and length and provide varying levels of student services support for campus. This pool will be used to notify interested applicants when new Student Services opportunities become available. Sign up here to indicate your interest in Student Service roles with campus.

  • Custodial Opportunities

    Cal Poly is seeking dedicated Custodians in support of our students, faculty, and staff. This pool will be used to notify interested applicants when new Custodial opportunities become available. Sign up here to indicate your interest in full-time, part-time, temporary, probationary, or emergency hire roles (90 day appointments) roles.

  • Clerical & Administrative Support Opportunities

    Cal Poly is seeking dedicated individuals interested in Clerical and Administrative positions. The appointments vary in classification, salary, and length (not exceeding 90 days) and provide varying levels of general office, clerical, and secretarial support for students, faculty, and/or staff. This pool will be used to notify interested applicants when new Clerical and Administrative opportunities become available. Sign up here to indicate your interest in full-time or part-time emergency hire roles (90 day appointments).

Current Opportunities

Position Location Open Date Close Date
Retention Specialist - University Advising San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
University Advising is seeking a retention specialist that is a creative problem-solver with strong communication skills to work with advising colleagues, faculty, and administrators to develop retention and graduation efforts with primary focus on new transfers, 2nd/3rd/4th year Cal Poly Scholars, and historically underserved students. Efforts include identifying administrative barriers for students, reviewing and analyzing retention data, academic advising, and implementing initiatives that lead to greater student success.
Emergency Hire - Facilities Worker II – Multi Craft San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
This is a 90-day Emergency Hire position to support Facilities Management and Development.
Marketing Content Specialist San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
The Marketing Content Specialist produces, posts and elevates strategic marketing content developed by UCM. The position requires strong writing and editing skills, experience in creating effective digital content, excellent project management skills and the ability to work across teams.
Clinical Services Coordinator - Campus Health and Wellbeing San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
Our Campus Health & Wellbeing Team is looking for a Clinical Services Coordinator! The purpose of Campus Health & Wellbeing is to help students achieve and maintain academic success and lifelong health and wellbeing by providing timely and appropriate primary and acute health care, disease and injury prevention education, professional mental health, outreach, educational services and campus consultations. Join us!
Part-Time Lecturer Pool (Bachelor's Qualified) - Accounting (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
This a pool of part-time lecturers for the department to draw on as necessary. All appointments made from this recruitment are temporary part-time assignments.
Equipment Technician III, Industrial Manufacturing Engineering San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
The Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Dept is seeking a Temporary One-Year Equipment Technician III, Electro-Mechanical to help support our student-operated machine shop fabrication program. This role will be pivotal in helping our College of Engineering students take their designs and bring them to reality in our two fully equipped machine shops featuring milling, turning, welding, waterjet, CNC, and much more!
Full-Time Lecturer - Communication Studies (25/26) San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
COMMUNICATION STUDIES - Full-time Lecturer in the Communication Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California to begin September 11, 2025. Recruitment is for three positions, each with a two-year appointment for the 25/26 and 26/27 Academic Year. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Full-Time Lecturer AY - Political Science - Law (25/26) San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
The Political Science Department in the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, seeks applications for a full-time, academic-year, lecturer position to begin September 11, 2025. Duties and responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses on law on both introductory and advanced levels.
Systems Administrator San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
Cal Poly Information Technology Services has an open opportunity for Operating Systems Administrators. Be part of our Operations Platforms Servers team to help deliver service and support to enterprise server infrastructure that support teaching and learning for our campus customers. #CalPolyITS
Stage Technician On-call San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
We are currently looking for qualified Stage Technicians to join our team and support the many exciting events at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center!
Stagehand San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
We are currently looking for qualified Stagehands to join our team and support the many exciting events at the Performing Arts Center on the Cal Poly campus!
Full-Time Lecturer - Interdisciplinary Studies (25/26) San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES –Full-time Lecturers in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts, San Luis Obispo, California, to begin September 11, 2025. Teaching experience with science, technology and society and/or media studies courses preferred. Three-year appointment with possible renewal. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Full-Time Lecturer - Sociology (25/26) San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
Social Sciences - Full-time Lecturer in the Social Sciences Department, College of Liberal Arts, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California to begin September 11, 2025. Recruitment is for one position, with a one-year appointment for the 2025-26 Academic Year, with the potential to renew for a second year. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. An MA in sociology or a closely related field and a successful teaching record are required. ABD or PhD in sociology or closely related field is preferred.  Primary duties and responsibilities include teaching classes in social change, social movements, international political economy, criminology, and/or family and the life course. The teaching load is 3-4 four-unit courses per quarter for a total of 45 total units across the 2025-26 academic year.
Social Media Specialist San Luis Obispo Open Until Filled
The Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Division is in need of a Social Media Specialist. We’re a collegial, familial team dedicated to student and institutional success. If you have a passion for storytelling, social trends and data-driven strategies, we want to hear from you.
Part-Time Lecturer Pool - Economics (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
Pool of lecturers available to teach classes in Economics.
Part-Time Lecturer Pool - Religious Studies (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
This a pool of part-time lecturers for the Philosophy Department to draw on as necessary. All appointments made from this recruitment are temporary part-time assignments.
Part-Time Lecturer Pool - Social Sciences (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
SOCIAL SCIENCES - PART-TIME LECTURER POOL. The Social Sciences Department, College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is seeking applications for a pool of part-time lecturers. Applications are invited from those prepared to teach courses in Anthropology, Geography, and/or Sociology, with special need in lower-division GE survey courses and upper-division GE courses in Geography.
Part-Time Lecturer Pool - Theatre & Dance/Theatre Program (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
PART-TIME LECTURERS IN THEATRE: The Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department invites applications for a pool of part-time lecturer appointments in the Theatre Program. All appointments made from this recruitment are temporary part-time assignments and often made just prior to the start of the academic term, so applicants must be available on very short notice. Come join us!
Part-Time Lecturer Pool - Theatre & Dance/Dance Program (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
PART-TIME LECTURERS IN DANCE: The Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department invites applications for a pool of part-time lecturer appointments in the Dance Program. All appointments made from this recruitment are temporary part-time assignments and often made just prior to the start of the academic term, so applicants must be available on very short notice. Come join us!
Part-Time Lecturer Pool - Women/Gender/Queer Studies (AY 25/26) San Luis Obispo
This is a pool of part-time lecturers for the Women's, Gender & Queer Studies (WGQS) Department to draw on as necessary. All appointments made from this recruitment are temporary part-time assignments.

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