FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre

The Centre is the first local independent certification body of organic production in Hong Kong. It provides organic certification service and actively promotes organic movement to the public through mass publicity and educational campaigns. We are seeking passionate and energetic candidates who are interested in organic and agricultural development in Hong Kong to fill the following position:

The appointee will report directly to the Centre Director. He/She will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Director and assisting him in overseeing all administrative matters. Duties include:

• coordinating the day-to-day appointments of the Director and organising his daily itinerary;
• assisting in reviewing documents and project progress;
• preparing correspondence and materials for meetings and providing secretarial service to office meeting;
• maintaining an effective filing and retrieval information system;
• planning and organising office activities and performing ad hoc tasks as assigned;
• reviewing the contents of office’s web pages;
• planning and organising staff development and social programmes; and
• overseeing all general office administration for the Office.

Applicants should possess a Bachelor’s degree, with at least five years of relevant supervisory experience or in similar capacity. Applicants should also be self-motivated with strong communication and problem solving skills, able to work independently, be customer-oriented and a good team player.

Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of one year. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement and availability of funding.

Those who have responded to the advertisement posted in July 2019 need not re-apply.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk). Applicants not invited for interview 8 weeks after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of offer.

Closing date: 5 October 2019