Senior Research Assistant / Research Assistant I (holding the functional title of Project Manager / Assistant Project Manager) in the Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research (Ref: 533079)
We now invite applications for the captioned post(s).
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with a team of researchers on community-related projects in the areas of mental well-being mental disorders public health and other health-related fields. The work will also include evaluations of humanistic and clinical outcomes of community interventions and services; health preference elicitation using health survey methods (e.g. Discrete Choice Experiments and other health preference survey methodologies); quality of life measures; patient-reported outcome measures; survey validation; and economic evaluations.
- Perform literature reviews for community pharmacy-related projects.
- Assist with subject recruitment study protocol design recruitment logistics survey design and conducting face-to-face interviews (individual or focus group).
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
- Assist in the implementation of research projects in Hong Kong SAR and mainland China.
- Prepare human ethics applications for research projects.
- Prepare reports and manuscripts.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A Masters degree or a Bachelors degree with relevant experience in Public Health Social Science Social Work and Social Administration Counselling Health Economics Health Sciences Psychology Nursing Pharmacy or a related healthcare discipline.
- Experience in engaging and collaborating with different community stakeholders such as case workers social workers clinical psychologists mental health organisations and NGO partners will be an advantage.
- Experience in conducting mixed-methods studies (e.g. patient recruitment individual and/or focus group interviews questionnaire design survey validation data collection and qualitative and quantitative analyses using tools such as NVivo Qualtrics R or STATA) and quality of life research will be an advantage.
- Excellent coordination analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A good command of spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese).
- A strong sense of responsibility and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Attentiveness to detail.
- Those with lower qualifications and/or less experience will be considered for appointment as Research Assistant I (holding the functional title of Assistant Project Manager)
What We Offer
The appointment will commence as soon as possible on a 1-year temporary basis with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance.
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered. Other benefits include annual leave medical benefits and free access to on-campus gyms and libraries.
Enquiries about the duties of the posts should be sent to Prof. Esther Chan at .
How to Apply
The University only accepts online application for the above post(s).Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until30 September 2025 or until the post(s)are filled whichever is earlier.
Required Experience:
Senior IC