Research Associate / Research Assistant / Research Administrative Assistant

School of Nursing

(Ref. 250710006)

1.    Research Associate
2.    Research Assistant (two posts) 
3.    Research Administrative Assistant (two posts) 
[Appointment period: each for six months initially, with possibility of further appointment]

Duties

The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Empowering homebound older adults in self-care using a mobile health-assisted, person-centred care approach: A hybrid effectiveness-implementation design”.  They will be required to:

(a)    assist in recruiting patients and collecting data;

(b)    liaise with participants and community/hospital staff to facilitate the study progression and management;

(c)    perform statistical analysis; and

(d)    perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

Qualifications

Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master’s degree in Public Health, Health Services Management, Statistics, Psychology, Nursing 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.

Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in one of the above-mentioned disciplines or an equivalent qualification.

Applicants for the Research Administrative Assistant post should have five passes in HKCEE including English Language (at least Grade C if Syllabus A; Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards), Chinese Language (Level 2 if results are obtained from 2007 onwards) and Mathematics; or a combination of results in five HKDSE subjects of Level 2 in New Senior Secondary subjects / “Attained” in Applied Learning subjects / Grade E in Other Language subjects, and the five subjects must include English Language, Chinese Language and Mathematics.

Applicants should also: 

(a)    have experience in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis;

(b)    have experience in interviewing people;

(c)    have a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese;

(d)    have good interpersonal and communication skills;

(e)    be able to work independently; and

(f)    be interested in working with elderly.

Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Arkers K. C. Wong at telephone number 3400 3805, fax number 2364 9663 or via email at arkers.wong@polyu.edu.hk for further information

Conditions of Service

A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.

Consideration of applications will commence on 17 July 2025 until the positions are filled.

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Posting date: 10 July 2025