(Extended on 10 April 2026)

Rank

Associate Bioinformatician

Department/Hospital/Cluster

Department of Clinical Genetics Hong Kong Childrens Hospital Kowloon Central Cluster

Pay

HK$60488 to HK$88333 (HGPS Point 25 to 33A) per month including Monthly Allowance

Up to 15% of total basic salary (after deducting the contribution of Mandatory Provident Fund by Hospital Authority) as end-of-contract gratuity may be offered to contract staff upon completion of the contract subject to satisfactory performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supervise plan design implement and maintain in-house and/or commercial bioinformatics pipelines and other computational workflows.

2. Perform and establish protocols for bioinformatics analysis and data management of multi-omics technologies.

3. Establish maintain and upgrade in-house and/or commercial databases relevant to bioinformatics data analysis.

4. Explore and perform mining of data to address important biological questions.

5. Troubleshoot the critical issues regarding bioinformatics data analysis.

6. Draft laboratory reports and laboratory documents relevant to bioinformatics such as validations reports and standard operating procedures.

7. Assist in general laboratory duties such as accreditation document control setting up & testing LIS and network and operating system maintenance of on-site laboratory workstations.

8. Communicate amongst pathologists clinicians and information technologists to meet service and operational needs.

9. Supervise Bioinformatics Analyst and provide training for laboratory and clinical staff on bioinformatics.

10. Perform any other duties assigned by supervisors.

Entry Requirements

1. Bachelors degree in Bioinformatics Biomedical Science Clinical Science Computer Science Statistics or a related discipline or equivalent.

2. At least three years of working experience related to the field of bioinformatics.

(a) Experience in working in Unix/Linux environment or equivalent and programming languages such as Python and R or related languages; and

(b) Experience in creating complex workflows/pipelines to analyse large-scale multi-omics data.

Preferred Attributes/Exposure

1. Post-graduate degree in Bioinformatics Biomedical Science Clinical Science Computer ScienceStatistics or a related discipline or equivalent.

2. Experience in conducting WES WGS targeted-sequencing and ONT data analysis including smallvariant and SV/CNV calling annotation and clinical interpretation.

3. Proficient in programming languages such as Python Perl R Java or related languages.

4. Experience in server and computer cluster management.

5. Familiarize with AI techniques for predictive analysis.

6. Experience in leading a research project.

7. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

8. Ability to work within a team or independently and to learn things quickly.

9. Strong sense of responsibility self-motivation and attention to detail.

10. Empathy.

11. Commitment to patient care.

Remarks

1. Please refer to for Notes to Applicants.

2. May be required to work shifts and irregular hours as well as to perform on-call duties.

Please submit application online on or before 28 April 2026. For enquiries please telephone.