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English Schools Foundation

Manager, Research Office

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RESEARCH OFFICE

Manager (25260776)

The Research Office (RO) delivers central administrative services across a broad spectrum of research support, including grants and funding schemes, research ethics, integrity and policy, research committees, research culture and infrastructure, and institution-level partnerships and collaborations.

We are seeking a dynamic, proactive and service-oriented professional to join our team as Manager. Reporting to senior management, you will lead a team administering the University's health, life sciences and innovation & technology funding portfolio. You will set priorities, supervise and develop team members, drive process improvements, ensure compliance with funder and institutional requirements, and champion a collaborative, high-integrity research environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the administration of health, life sciences and innovation & technology funding schemes (e.g. Health and Medical Research Fund and its Research Fellowship Scheme, Chinese Medicine Development Fund (CMDF), ITC schemes), internal funding schemes, and related Mainland and joint programmes;
  • Provide leadership on research ethics governance, drive process improvements and ensure compliance across the grant lifecycle;
  • Develop strategies to promote HKBU research, build networks with key stakeholders, and maintain grant data and statistical reports; and
  • Carry out ad hoc tasks as assigned.

Requirements:

  • A good bachelor’s degree or above;
  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience preferably gained in the higher education sector, experience in handling RGC grants and preparing statistical reports would be an advantage;
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua);
  • Good project management skills, and capable of working independently in a dynamic working environment with self-motivation;
  • Strong sense of responsibility, meticulous, detailed-minded and able to multitask with the help of AI tools; and
  • Good team spirit, high attention to details and ability to deal with complexity.

The initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of two years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement and availability of funding.

Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System. Those who are not invited for interview 8 weeks after submission of application may consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/worklife-at-hkbu/employee-favourable-environment.html#privacy-policy.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer.

Applications will be reviewed from 29 June until the position is filled.