Associate Professor/Assistant Professor(Research Track) in Occupational Therapy

With the staunch support of TWGHs, TWC has been developing rapidly and built up a niche in healthcare education. It is the first self-financing tertiary institution offering five professionally accredited degrees to train nurses and allied health professionals such as medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists, radiation therapists and physiotherapists. Besides, the College is also the first institution registered under Cap. 320 offering early childhood education degree and higher diploma programmes to train qualified kindergarten teachers and childcare professionals.

Currently, TWC has 4 schools (namely School of Arts and Humanities, School of Management, School of Medical and Health Sciences, and School of Nursing) running a total of 19 degree, sub-degree, diploma and certificate programmes in several disciplines. It has a student population of around 5,000 in 2025/2026 and nurtured more than 7,200 graduates since its inception in 2010.

Being a young and vibrant institution, TWC aspires to become a leading private university in the long term. It is planning to launch a number of new programmes, strengthen teaching and learning facilities and quality, and enhance research capability etc. in coming years. To cope with its continuous development, we are now inviting highly qualified candidates to fill the following post:

Duties and Responsibilities

The appointee will:

1. support all aspects of academic activities through teaching, research, and consultancy;
2. contribute to the planning, formulation and implementation of the College and School’s strategic initiatives and development;
3. facilitate / participate in programme development and validation exercises;
4. take up responsibilities in academic and departmental administration and clinical teaching;
5. guide / facilitate the College in enhancing its visibility and strengthening its local and international connections;
6. take the initiative in promoting good teaching and collaborative research;
7. liaise with external bodies for job placements and professional development;
8. engage in research including seeking external grants and has publication output in accordance with the workload requirements of the College;
9. perform scholarly activities; increase the publication output and raise the level of consultancies in respective discipline(s);
10. oversee / perform other academic activities including academic advising, examination and assessment, student recruitment, committee works, whole person development activities of students;
11. undertake professional service to external professional body / organization and provide public services to the community; and
12. perform any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience Required

Applicants should:

1. possess a PhD degree / Professional Doctorate in a relevant discipline with sufficient years of relevant experience in teaching in the tertiary education sector, programme development and / or programme leadership;
2. possess a valid practicing certificate issued by the relevant professional body;
3. have publications in journals (desirably with international reputation) and with high impact in the relevant discipline; and
4. possess a good track record as an active researcher.

Application

Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

To apply, please submit your application via system. The College reserves the right to fill or not to fill the post. Applicants who are not contacted by the College 6 months after the application deadline may consider their applications unsuccessful. For enquiries, please phone or send WhatsApp to 9172-8618.

Application Deadline: Until the position(s) is/are filled

All information and personal data collected will be used solely for recruitment related purposes. For more information about the College, please visit our website: https://www.twc.edu.hk.

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