Employment at Puget Sound

The University of Puget Sound has embraced a rigorous academic tradition in the liberal arts since its inception in 1888. On Puget Sound’s campus, Tudor-Gothic buildings of ivy-covered brick blend harmoniously with 97 acres of native fir groves, emerald-green lawns, and lush landscaping. The campus is a vital collegiate community surrounded by a comfortable, residential neighborhood in Tacoma’s North End, not far from the cultural and scenic downtown area or from the Commencement Bay waterfront. SeaTac Airport and downtown Seattle are about 25 miles north on Interstate 5, and just an hour and a half drive from campus are Mount Rainier National Park and the Olympic National Forest – offering unlimited climbing and hiking opportunities in ancient rainforests and along ocean beaches.

Our name derives from the Puget Sound region in western Washington, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean ringed by two of North America’s most imposing and picturesque mountain ranges—the Cascades and the Olympics. Nestled among it all is the city of Tacoma and the University of Puget Sound. Tacoma, with a population of nearly 200,000, offers students a laboratory for classroom research, a range of internship opportunities, and a place to practice citizenship through volunteer service.

It’s the people who give a college its personality, and at Puget Sound you’ll find an open, diverse community of 2,450 undergraduate students, 150 graduate students, 212 full-time faculty, and 440 full-time staff members.

Our students, faculty and staff come from varied ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, and we seek to create an environment where everyone is comfortable, where dialogue is open, where differences are explored, and where people can truly know one another.

We welcome your application for employment and would like to provide you with some general information about our processes:

• Staff and faculty search processes are conducted by Human Resources. Human Resources may utilize a search firm to conduct staff search processes.
• In some instances, a search may be open to current regular university staff members only.
• Individuals interested in employment opportunities at the university are encouraged to submit requested application materials by 5:00 pm on the announced application deadline or guaranteed consideration date to ensure inclusion in the applicant pool.
• Because of the volume of applications we receive for some positions, meeting minimum qualifications for a position does not assure the applicant an interview.
• Once submitted, application materials become the property of the University of Puget Sound.