SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
The School of Continuing Education, one of the seven Faculties/Schools of the University and a major provider of continuing and professional education in Hong Kong, offers a wide range of full-time and part-time programmes at the post-secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate levels for young learners and working adults. It also offers in-house training and short courses to meet the community needs and market demands. Operated on a self-financed basis, the School currently employs about 400 full-time staff and 500 part-time instructors. Applications are now invited for the following position:
Head of School Administration (25260148)
Subject to the final approval of the University Council, the School of Continuing Education is preparing for a possible migration in a few years’ time to be an independent New College entirely owned by the University. As a senior member of the School, the appointee will work together with other Heads/Directors to assist the Dean. The appointee has to demonstrate the overall leadership to oversee the administrative functions and services within the School in areas such as budgets and finance, human resources, facilities management and IT services to manage and deploy resources and to ensure the financial robustness of the School.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the strategic integration of governance, finance, human resources, and project management to align with the institutional objective;
- Supervise the governance, planning, implementation, and assessment of major School development initiatives, including the Migration project;
- Proactively champion change management initiatives, leading the organisation through substantial transitions, including restructuring and the adoption of new systems, to ensure an effective adaptation process;
- Oversee the formulation and administration of the School's annual budget while ensuring alignment with long-term financial strategies;
- Provide strategic leadership for all human resources functions;
- Oversee the operations of administrative team that supports a diverse range of functions, ensuring operational efficiency and excellence in service delivery;
- Provide secretarial support to committees; and
- Provide support to the Dean and/or Associate Dean.
Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Accounting, Finance or related disciplines, preferably with a higher qualification;
- Qualified Company Secretary;
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in operational management across different areas of finance, human resources, administration and/or IT with substantial experience at management level;
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with high proficiency of English and Chinese (including Putonghua), with a demonstrated ability to engage and energise stakeholders at all levels;
- Proven leadership skills with a track record of team management and development; and
- Expertise in corporate governance frameworks and regulatory requirements would be an advantage.
Appointment Terms:
The initial appointment of the recruited post will first be made on a fixed-term contract of a period up to the time of the School’s possible migration, which should be about two years. Upon satisfactory performance of the appointee, at the expiry of the first contract the appointee would have a chance to have a fresh career development on a parallel role in the freshly started New College to spearhead the overall administration there.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications & experience.
Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System. Those who are not invited for interview 8 weeks after the submission of the application may consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/en/worklife-at-hkbu/employee-favourable-environment.html#privacy-policy.
The School reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer.
Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled.
