School of Nursing
Part-time Research Associate
(Ref. 260914009)
[Appointment period: five months]
Duties
The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project – “Development and pilot test of a Chinese medicine diabetes education program”. He/She will be required to:
(a) upload, maintain and update content of the project mobile application;
(b) liaise with the application developer/vendor and resolve issues arising during the development, testing and maintenance process;
(c) assist in checking the accuracy and consistency of educational content after each upload or update;
(d) assist in daily administrative tasks related to the mobile application; and
(e) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) have a master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Educational Technology, Health Informatics or other related disciplines or a good honours degree in one of the said disciplines with at least three years of research/relevant work experience;
(b) have experience in computer/IT applications for teaching and learning, and/or mobile application content management;
(c) have experience in liaising with software developers or vendors on application development, content upload, maintenance and updates;
(d) have good computer literacy including MS Office applications and Chinese word processing;
(e) have a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese, with fluency in Cantonese;
(f) have good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills; and
(g) demonstrate initiative and be conscientious and responsible.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Janice Y. S. Ho at telephone number 2766 6410, fax number 2364 9663 or via email at janice.ys.ho@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
The remuneration rate is HK$181.
Consideration of applications will commence on 21 September 2026 until the position is filled.
Posting date: 14 September 2026