Department of English and Communication
Project Assistant (Full-time / Part-time)
(Ref. 240730008)
[Appointment period: from August 2024 to July 2025]
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the project - “Exploring European culture in the metaverse”. He/She will be required to:
(a) oversee the day-to-day progress and technical work of the project;
(b) develop/integrate all the artefacts and platform, and perform hardware testing;
(c) liaise with European Studies teachers to collect information on their needs, ideas for the content and their final evaluative comments;
(d) conduct pre-knowledge tests, post-knowledge tests and data analysis;
(e) organise and manage sessions between students;
(f) assist in recruitment of student assistants and volunteers;
(g) keep a daily journal; and
(h) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegate(s).
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) have a master’s degree or a good honours degree with relevant work experience;
(b) have excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English;
(c) be an experienced coder with good knowledge of Unity, Blender or 3DMax; and
(d) have experience in data management, project reporting and managing teams.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Renia Lopez via email at renia.lopez@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 rate is HK$122 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 5 August 2024 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 30 July 2024