Department of Applied Social Sciences
Project Associate / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (three posts)
(Ref. 260903007)
[Appointment period: each for three months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the project - “Understanding learning difficulties”. They will be required to:
(a) coordinate service-learning activities for students;
(b) assist in service-learning sessions and provide logistic support;
(c) assist in research related and administrative activities; and
(d) perform any other duties as assigned by the Head of Unit or his/her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants for the Project Associate post should have a master’s degree in Social Science, Psychology, Education, Counselling or other related disciplines or a good honours degree in one of the above-mentioned disciplines with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
Applicants for the Project Assistant post should have an honours degree in one of the above-mentioned disciplines.
Applicants should also have:
(a) experience in working with children and youth with special educational needs;
(b) a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese;
(c) good computer literacy and knowledge of online teaching and learning applications; and
(d) good interpersonal and organisational skills.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Herrick Y.K. Wong at telephone number 2766 5749 or via email at ykwong@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointments, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointments, the remuneration rates are HK$181 per hour for the post of Project Associate and HK$125 per hour for the post of Project Assistant.
The closing date for application is 11 November 2026.
Posting date: 3 September 2026