Assistant Professor (Research Track) in Psychology and Social Sciences

Tung Wah College

Established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (“TWGHs”) in 2010, Tung Wah College (TWC) is a self-financing degree-granting institution registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap.320).  Following the educational ideals of TWGHs and leveraging on its renowned strengths and expertise, TWC aims to provide high quality tertiary education to nurture competent, socially responsible and caring professionals for the benefits of society. 

With the staunch support of TWGHs, TWC has been developing rapidly and built up a niche in healthcare education. It is the first self-financing tertiary institution offering six professionally accredited degrees to train nurses and allied health professionals such as medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists, diagnostic radiographer, therapeutic radiographer and physiotherapists. Besides, the College is also the first institution registered under Cap. 320 offering early childhood education degree and higher diploma programmes to train qualified kindergarten teachers and childcare professionals.

Currently, TWC has 4 schools (namely School of Arts and Humanities, School of Management, School of Medical and Health Sciences, and School of Nursing) running a total of 20 doctoral degree, bachelor degree, sub-degree, diploma and certificate programmes in various disciplines.  It has a student population of around 5,000 in 2025/2026 and nurtured more than 7,200 graduates since its inception in 2010.

Being a young and vibrant institution, TWC aspires to become a leading private university in the long term.  It is planning to launch a number of new programmes, strengthen teaching and learning facilities and quality, and enhance research capability etc. in coming years.  To cope with its continuous development, we are now inviting highly qualified candidates to fill the following post:

Duties and Responsibilities

The appointee will be required but not limited to:

  • support all aspects of academic activities through teaching, research, and consultancy;
  • contribute to the planning, formulation and implementation of the College and School’s strategic initiatives and development;
  • participate in programme development and validation exercises;
  • take up responsibilities in academic and departmental administration;
  • guide / facilitate the College in enhancing its visibility and strengthening its local and international connections;
  • take the initiative in promoting good teaching and collaborative research;
  • supervise and support the work of lecturers involved in prescribed courses/programmes;
  • teach courses / subjects according to the operational needs of the College;
  • liaise with external bodies for job placements and professional development;
  • engage in research and have deliverables (grants and publications), in accordance with the workload requirements of the College;
  • perform scholarly activities;
  • increase the research output and raise the level of consultancies in respective discipline(s);
  • oversee / perform academic activities including academic advising, examination and assessment, student recruitment, committee works, whole person development activities of students;
  • undertake professional service to external professional body / organization and provide public services to the community; and
  • perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience Required

 The appointee should have:

  • a PhD degree or equivalent professional Doctorate in a relevant discipline;
  • some relevant experience in teaching, research or professional service;
  • ability to liaise and effectively communicate with relevant sections of the community, professional bodies, government departments and other external organizations; and
  • track record in obtaining competitive research funding and publications in international peer review journals;

Application

Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

To apply, please submit your application via system.  The College reserves the right to fill or not to fill the post.  Applicants who are not contacted by the College 6 months after the application deadline may consider their applications unsuccessful. For enquiries, please phone or send WhatsApp to 9172-8618.

Application Deadline: Until the position is filled

All information and personal data collected will be used solely for recruitment related purposes. For more information about the College, please visit our website: https://www.twc.edu.hk.


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