Job Vacancies for Academic Positions
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality education distinguished by the best liberal arts traditions. Adopting a whole-person approach to education, it offers a wide range of honours bachelor’s degrees and postgraduate programmes up to the doctoral level in the disciplines of arts, business and social sciences. Lingnan University is fully committed to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research. Applications are invited for the following positions, which will be tenable from mid-August 2010 or by mutual agreement thereafter:
Senior Language Instructor / Language Instructor / Assistant Language Instructor
Chinese Language Education and Assessment Centre
(Post Ref.: 09/142/W)
Chinese Language Education and Assessment Centre
(Post Ref.: 09/142/W)
All applicants should have a Master’s degree in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language or Chinese Linguistics. Applicants should have at least 8 years’ experience in teaching and developing Putonghua courses, preferably in Hong Kong tertiary institutions, and a good track record of language teaching, preferably to Hong Kong local students at the tertiary level. Applicants should also have a certificate of PSC (Level One) and qualification as National Examiner for PSC. Applicants with less experience will be considered for appointment as Language Instructor or Assistant Language Instructor.
Applicants are required to provide information on their evidence of quality teaching. Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills are essential. Applicants should have substantial experience in organizing extracurricular language enhancement activities and a functional competence in reading and writing English. The successful appointee is expected to have a strong commitment to teaching excellence and service to the Department and the University community. Some administrative experience and knowledge of IT developments in language education will be added advantages.
Conditions of Appointment:
The monthly salary ranges are as follows: Senior Language Instructor – around HK$32,000.- to HK$48,400.-; Language Instructor – around HK$24,300.- to HK$42,100.-; Assistant Language Instructor – around HK$19,100.- to HK$27,900.-. The rank and remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits, mandatory provident fund, gratuity, incoming passage and baggage allowance for the eligible appointee.
Appointment will normally be made on an initial fixed-term contract of three years, renewable subject to mutual agreement.
Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to forward their dossier (including letters of recommendation), together with a personal data sheet (Form R1) which is obtainable from the University’s homepage at http://www.ln.edu.hk/hr/application-forms, to the Human Resources Office, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong by post or by fax (852) 2891-5782 or by email: recruit@LN.edu.hk (as attachment in MS Word format). Applications will continue to be received until the positions are filled, but review of applications will begin in mid-November 2009. Please specify the post you are applying for and quote the reference number of the post in all correspondence. The University reserves the right not to fill the post or to fill the post by invitation or by search.
(October 2009)