The School of Continuing Education, one of the eight Faculties/Schools of the University and a major provider of continuing and professional education in Hong Kong, offers a wide range of full-time and part-time programmes at the post-secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate levels for young learners and working adults. It also offers in-house training and short courses to meet the community needs and market demands. Operated on a self-financed basis, the School and its College of International Education currently employ about 400 full-time staff and 550 part-time instructors. The School is inviting applications for the following position:

Part-time Research Assistant (Ref. No.: 24250113)

The project is looking for an appointee to provide technical assistance and administrative support to research activities related to early childhood education. Major duties include:

• Coordinating the project logistics with the project team members;
• Recruiting participants and hosting interest group activities, focus groups and in-depth interviews;
• Performing data entry for qualitative and quantitative data;
• Providing research-related assistance; and
• Any other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree;
• 1 to 2 years of work experience;
• Have a good knowledge in using SPSS;
• Have a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese;
• have good interpersonal and communication skills; and
• be self-motivated and have good time-management skills.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System. Those who are not invited for interview 8 weeks after submission of applications may consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/worklife-at-hkbu/employee-favourable-environment.html#privacy-policy.

The School reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of offer.

Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled.