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Assistant Professor

Lingnan University, Hong Kong - Department of English

Location: Hong Kong - Hong Kong
Salary: Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 13th September 2024
Expires: 12th November 2024
Job Ref: 24/346/JAC

Lingnan University is one of the eight publicly funded institutions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) with the longest established tradition among the local institutions of higher education. Lingnan University is a global leader in providing quality education focusing on whole-person development and conducting high-impact research for a better world. Moving forward, Lingnan University aspires to become a leading research-intensive liberal arts institution in the digital era. 

Lingnan University’s Faculties of Arts, Business, Social Sciences, School of Data Science, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Interdisciplinary Studies run undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate programmes. Its liberal arts education model blends the arts, science, and elements around human and humanities. Lingnan University strives to enhance innovation and technology research to drive a positive impact in the society and the world. Building upon Lingnan University’s existing strength in combining the best of the Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions, the University will leverage its geographical strength in the Northern Metropolis and pioneer the liberal arts education model in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and beyond. Further information about Lingnan University is available at https://www.ln.edu.hk/. 

Applications are now invited for the following post: 

Assistant Professor

Department of English

Post Ref.: 24/346/JAC 

The Department of English (http://www.LN.edu.hk/eng/) of Lingnan University now invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor specializing in Applied Linguistics.  The appointee is expected to: i) teach relevant courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including supervising undergraduate and/or postgraduate final projects; ii) generate research outputs with high impact and participate in competitive grant application exercises; iii) assist the Department with administration and curriculum development. 

Requirements

Applicants for the position should have: 

  1. A PhD degree in Applied Linguistics or a relevant area;
  2. Good track record of publications, grants, awards;
  3. Some experience in teaching or developing courses in Digital Humanities, Corpus Linguistics, or Sociolinguistics.

An appointee at the level of Assistant Professor should, besides being an effective teacher, demonstrate great potential to produce quality research output in the very near future. 

Lingnan University is fully committed to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research. Candidates are required to provide evidence of quality teaching and information on their research records. 

Appointment

The conditions of appointment will be competitive. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits, mandatory provident fund, gratuity and incoming passage and baggage allowance for the eligible appointee. 

Appointment will normally be made on an initial contract of three years, which, subject to review and mutual agreement, may normally lead to longer-term appointment with possibility of consideration for substantiation. 

Application Procedure

Please click "Apply" to submit your application. Applicants shall provide names and contact information of at least three referees to whom applicant's consent has been given for their providing references. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. Review of applications will start from September 2024 and will continue until the post is filled. Qualified candidates are advised to submit their applications early for consideration. 

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, or to fill the post by invitation or by search. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. 

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