Department of Social Sciences

Project Title: Emerging Impact Case: Improve public understanding and service support to Chinese adoptive families
[Appointment Period: 10 months]

The appointee will be responsible for overseeing the publication and distribution of a picture book on adoptive families; coordinating and organizing seminars and workshops; and offering research support (such as literature review, coding, drafting proposals, etc.) to the team. The appointment will last for not more than 10 months (i.e. September 2022 to June 2023).

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably with a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences. They should have good knowledge of qualitative research methods and excellent communication skills. They should have a good command of both spoken and written Chinese and English. For further enquiries about the post, please contact Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita at [via APPLY NOW].

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for this post. Applicants should complete the online application form and upload a full CV on or before 8 August 2022. 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. Further information about the University is available at http://www.eduhk.hk.

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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.