Project Assistant – Department of Social Science (Ref: PA (SSC) 2024-11-08)

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 Research Project “History begins from a family object: An object-based family history initiative”, funded by the Sin Wai Kin Chinese Culture Promotion Scheme:

Project Assistant – Department of Social Science (Ref: PA (SSC) 2024-11-08)

Responsibilities: 

The appointee will be responsible for supervising the project’s operation, which include inviting guest speakers, recruiting participants, supervising student helpers, mentoring participants to ensure good progress, curating the final presentation or exhibition, and other project-related tasks.

Applicants should:

• possess a bachelor’s degree, preferably a master’s degree, in sociology, journalism, history, or other related disciplines;
• have at least 2 years of experience in conducting in-depth interviews, journalistic experience would be an advantage;
• have experience in film production and event management; and
• have a strong command of both written English and Chinese.

This employment can be on a seven-month contract. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicant should visit this link https://recruit.hsu.edu.hk/ and apply on or before 24 November 2024.  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.