Centre for Child and Family Science

Project Title: [email protected]

[Appointment Period: 12-24 months]

The appointee will assist in a cross-institution project sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, seeking to promote holistic development of non-Chinese speaking (NCS) children through culturally responsive practices in local kindergartens. EdUHK will focus on building the capacity of educators, teaching assistants, and school leaders, empowering them to help NCS children learn more effectively in school and at home.

The appointee will be involved in collecting, cleaning, and managing data. He/she will also support a postdoctoral fellow in all other research related procedures, such as study design, protocol development, school recruitment, data analysis, and report writing. The appointment period can be up to 2 years, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and experience.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology or related disciplines, and some experience of conducting research. Applicants should also be good team players who are selfmotivated, able to work under pressure, and willing to learn. Good command of Chinese and English as well as basic knowledge about statistical analysis are advantages. For more information about the position, please contact Prof Chung Kevin Kien Hoa at [via APPLY NOW].

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 on or before 27 July 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. 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.