ACADEMIC SECRETARIAT

Senior Project Officer (Ref. 18073106)
[Appointment Period: twenty-four months]

Duties

The appointee will take up administrative duties related to academic, student administration and other related areas, which may include:

(a) management of new system projects on case management, student information system and data analytics;

(b) review and provision of recommendations for streamlining of departmental and student information management processes;

(c) liaison with academic departments/faculties, central administrative units and external organizations/vendors;

(d) administrative support to student-related and academic programme-related matters, including student enrolment, subject registration, timetabling, examination result processing, and statistical analyses and reporting;

(e) management of active and archived student records, and the interface of records with internal administrative offices;

(f) handling of requests for access to student records, and verification of academic records;

(g) administrative support to the enhancement, operation and acceptance testing of the systems in support of the administrative processes as given in (d) and (e) above;

(h) supervision of junior administrative and clerical staff; and

(i) other duties as assigned by the Academic Secretary or his delegates.

Qualifications

Applicants should have:

(a) a recognised degree;

(b) at least six years of relevant post-qualification supervisory experience and IT project management;

(c) good liaison, stakeholder management and change management skills;

(d) a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese;

(e) good knowledge of project management methodologies;

(f) good knowledge of software applications including MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, and preferably on relational database (e.g., use of SQL queries);

(g) a proactive attitude, good problem-solving skills, and a mentality of embracing new technologies; and

(h) willingness to take up new tasks for the benefits of PolyU community.

Preference will be given to those who have solid project management experience in handling student administration, customer relationship management, data analytics and ERP systems.

Remuneration

A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.  Applicants should state their current and expected salary in the application.

Application
 
Please refer to the above "Application Method". Consideration of applications will commence on 7 August 2018 until the position is filled. The University’s Personal Information Collection Statement for recruitment can be found at http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/job/en/guide_forms/pics.php.