FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Department of Social Work

The appointee will oversee the administrative team of the Department of Social Work.

Duties include:

- providing administrative support to tasks relating to financial management, academic programmes, and research related matter;

- liaising with internal and external parties;

- providing secretarial support to committees and meetings;

- supervising support staff;and

- performing any other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

- good university degree;

- at least five years of solid administrative experience, preferably in tertiary institutions;

- substantial experience in staff supervision will be an advantage;

- effective communication skills with excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua);

- ability to work independently with initiative;

- high level of organisational skills;

- pleasant personality with good interpersonal skills;

- proficiency in computer applications, particularly MS office and Chinese word processing;

- good analytical and writing skills for administrative work;

- ability to work under pressure; and

- prior work experience in budgeting and academic programme management is highly desirable.

Applicants with less work experience will be considered for the post of Executive Assistant.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a written test and an interview.

Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of one to two years commencing as soon as possible. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to performance review, mutual agreement and availability of funding.

Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk). Applicants not invited for interview 8 weeks after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.

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

Closing date: 2 May 2019