The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a non-profit private liberal-arts-oriented university with five Schools (Business, Communication, Decision Sciences, Humanities and Social Science, and Translation and Foreign Languages) and over 6,000 full-time students. Adopting the unique “Liberal + Professional” education model, HSUHK aims to nurture young talents with critical thinking, innovative minds, caring attitudes, moral values and social responsibility.

Aspiring to be a leading private university in the region, HSUHK features a primary focus on undergraduate education, top-quality faculty members, award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, unique residential college system combining living and learning, interactive small class teaching, very close student-teacher relationship, RGC-funded impactful research, and excellent student development/support services. HSUHK is listed the 7th (overall) in the ASEAN+ region, the 1st in the Greater China region, and the 1st in Employability as per the 2023 AppliedHE ASEAN+ private university assessment by the Singapore-based AppliedHE. It is also listed among the top 200 worldwide on “Quality Education” and “Decent Work and Economic Growth” in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021.

The University now invites application for the following position:

Assistant Officer / Executive Assistant – Department of Art and Design 

(Ref: EA/AO (AAD 2024-09-20)

Responsibilities: 

• provide administrative support to the Department and the Art and Design Programme;
• serve as secretary to committees and working groups;
• provide support in organising School activities; and
• liaise with internal and external parties to support the office operations.

Applicants should:

• possess a recognised bachelor’s degree, preferably with relevant working experience or knowledge in Cultural Heritage / Creative Industries / Art and Design;
• be proficient in computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Chinese Word Processing;
• have a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese;
• possess good interpersonal and communication skills; and
• be a fast learner, self-motivated, a good team player and able to work independently with strong sense of responsibility.

Work experience in the higher education sector will be an advantage.  Applicants with less experience will be considered as Executive Assistant.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicant should visit this link https://recruit.hsu.edu.hk/ and apply on or before 6 October 2024.  Review of applications will begin soon until the position is filled.  The University reserves the right not to fill the position in this exercise.

Applicants who are not invited to an interview within three months may consider their applications unsuccessful.  All information received will be treated in strict confidence, and the data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.  The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong is an equal opportunity employer.