Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Research Associate / Research Assistant / Part-time Research Associate / Part-time Research Assistant
(Ref. 230317004)
(1) Research Associate / Research Assistant
[Appointment period: eighteen months]
(2) Part-time Research Associate / Research Assistant
[Appointment period: eighteen months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Development and feasibility of the augmented outdoor exercise facilities mobile app education intervention for caregivers of community-dwelling older adults with various physical abilities in Hong Kong”. They will be required to:
(a) work with an interdisciplinary team of experts in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Computer Sciences and Town Planning in the development of the augmented outdoor exercise facilities mobile app education intervention for caregivers of community-dwelling older adults;
(b) conduct literature search;
(c) assist in producing audio and video exercise clips;
(d) liaise with non-governmental organisations;
(e) assist in subject recruitment, data entry and data analysis; and
(f) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants for the Research Associate posts should have a master’s degree preferably in Sports Science, Exercise Science, Health Science, Psychology or other related disciplines or a good honours degree preferably in one of the said disciplines with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
Applicants for the Research Assistant posts should have an honours degree preferably in one of the said disciplines or an equivalent qualification.
Applicants should also:
(a) be interested in mobile application content development; and
(b) be interested in working with community-dwelling older adults or caregivers.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Janet Lee at tel no. 2766 4354 or email lcjlee@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointment, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointment, the remuneration rates for the posts of Research Associate and Research Assistant are HK$173 per hour and HK$122 per hour respectively.
Consideration of applications will commence on 24 March 2023 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 17 March 2023