Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Project Title: Investigating Primary School Teachers' E-assessment Practices, Intentions and Influencing Factors in the New Normal: Implications for Developing E-assessment Policy
[Appointment Period: 12 months]

The appointee will be responsible for supporting research projects. He/she will assist in searching the literature, analyzing survey and interview data, writing the reports, managing administrative work, supervising part-time student helpers, and performing other duties as assigned by the project leader. The appointment will be for a period of 12 months.

For the post of Senior Research Assistant, applicants should have a Master’s Degree in Education, Psychology, or other related disciplines plus one year’s post master’s degree full-time working experience, or a doctorate. For the post of Research Assistant I, applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Psychology, or other related disciplines.

They should be proficient in both written and spoken English and Chinese, self-motivated, and willing to learn to handle unfamiliar tasks. The knowledge and research experience related to STEM education or feedback will be advantages.

For further enquiries about the post, please contact Dr Jane Zhan.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract. Fringe benefits include contract-end gratuity, leave, medical and dental benefits.

The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for this post. Applicants should complete the online application form and upload a full CV. Review of application will start from 20 May 2022, and will continue until the post is filled. Applications which are incomplete or without the required documents may not be considered. Personal data provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes.

For details of the Personal Information Collection Statement, please refer to http://www.eduhk.hk/jobsopp/index.php?glang=en.

All applications will be treated in strict confidence. Only those who are shortlisted will be contacted. The University reserves the right not to fill the position(s) advertised. Since the incumbent’s work would involve contacts with persons aged under 18 and/or mentally incapacitated persons, prospective employee(s) will be required to undergo Sexual Conviction Record Check operated by the Hong Kong Police Force.

Further information about the University is available at http://www.eduhk.hk.

EdUHK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Founded in 1994 and awarded the University title in 2016, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is a publicly funded university, dedicated to the advancement of learning and teaching through a diverse offering of academic and research programmes up to doctoral level in teacher education and complementary disciplines, such as the social sciences and humanities.  The University aspires to further enhance its role as a leading university in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, with a focus on educational research, development and innovation, and recognized for its excellence in nurturing outstanding and caring professionals as well as the impact of scholarship.

The University has an academic/teaching staff strength of about 450 and total student headcount of about 11,000.  It has a Graduate School and three Faculties, namely, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, comprising 16 academic departments, as well as various University-level and Faculty-level research and professional development centres.  For more information about the University, please visit http://www.eduhk.hk/.

We are looking for suitable candidate(s) to fill the following position(s).  If you are excited by the prospect of contributing your expertise to the development of a leading university at the heart of Asia Pacific region and beyond, we would like to hear from you.