THE JOB

Reporting to the Senior Sport Biomechanics Officer of the Sport Biomechanics and Technology Center, the Sport Biomechanics Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

lTo assist the fabrication of sports specific electronic measurement systems for biomechanics testing purposes;

lTo provide skill monitoring with qualitative and/ or quantitative real-time feedback to the athletes;

lTo conduct various biomechanics testing for elite athletes;

lTo capture human body movement in sport by videography; 

lTo process and analyse the data generated from the motion analysis systems and kinetic measurement systems; 

lTo assist data interpretation, report writing and provide feedback to coaches and relevant parties; 

lTo provide both local and overseas on-field support to elite sport teams; 

lTo assist in research projects; and

lTo perform any other appropriate duties as assigned by supervisor.

THE REQUIREMENTS

lDegree holder in Biomedical Engineering/ Electronic Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Information Technology/ Computing/ Sports Science or equivalent;

lA minimum of two years’ relevant working experience;

lPreferably in the area of application engineering specific in motion feedback systems; 

lKnowledge in electronics circuit design, data acquisition system and data manipulation tools (e.g. Excel Visual Basic, Matlab, Java) to collect A/D signals and post-process data will be an added advantage; 

lAble to work irregular hours and perform under pressure;

lGood Interpersonal and planning skills;

lGood command of both spoken and written English and Chinese. Ability to speak Putonghua; and 

lAwareness/ knowledge of Child Protection in sport and equal opportunity issues in the context of Hong Kong.  

APPLICATIONS

Please send your resume and a completed application form with indication of your current and expected salary to The Human Resources Manager, Hong Kong Sports Institute Ltd, 25 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, New Territories or email: hrdept @hksi.org.hk on or before 28 April 2019. Application forms can be downloaded from HERE. Please quote reference no. JD-20190415-SBO in the application.

Appointment will be on a fixed term contract. General information is available at the website http://www.hksi.org.hk.

Applicants who are not invited for interview within six months may consider their applications unsuccessful.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. Data collected will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes only.

THE HKSI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER