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Professional Field: Academic
Expertise required: Applicants should have a PhD degree in the relevant discipline with relevant teaching experience and a good research record. For appointment as an Associate Professor, applicants should have at least five years of relevant experience and a sound track record in research and scholarly activities.
Qualifications sought:
Applicants should have a PhD degree in the relevant discipline with relevant teaching experience and a good research record. For appointment as an Associate Professor, applicants should have at least five years of relevant experience and a sound track record in research and scholarly activities.

Employer:
Lingnan University, Hong Kong, http://www.ln.edu.hk/tran/
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Application deadline: Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled, but review of applications will begin in May 2009.

Job description/salary:
Lingnan University, a distinctive liberal arts institution in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is committed to the provision of quality education distinguished by the best liberal arts traditions. Adopting a whole-person approach to education, it offers a wide range of honours bachelor’s degrees and postgraduate programmes up to the doctoral level in the disciplines of arts, business and social sciences. Lingnan University is fully committed to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research. Applications are invited for the above position, which will be tenable from mid-August 2009 or by mutual agreement thereafter.

The Translation Programme sets out to provide an education in bilingual studies which can produce graduates with competence in Chinese and English as well as a capacity to think for themselves. One of its central features is the equal emphasis on translation as a profession and as an academic discipline. Another feature is the importance attached to the socio-cultural environment of the Chinese and English languages. The appointee will be required to teach courses in one or more of the following areas: translation (including legal or/and business translation), interpreting (English and Cantonese or/and Putonghua), linguistics, translation and culture. Excellent command of Chinese and English is a must, and experience of teaching translation (both theory and practice), interpreting, or comparative literature/linguistics will be an advantage. Further information on the Department and its programmes and activities can be found on the Department’s website: http://www.ln.edu.hk/tran/

Applicants are required to provide information on their research records and evidence of quality teaching. Excellent communication and presentation skills are essential. The successful appointee is expected to have a strong commitment to teaching excellence and services to the Department, the University and the community, and to engage actively in quality research and publication.

Conditions of Appointment:
The monthly salary ranges are as follows: Associate Professor – around HK$61,600 to HK$81,200; Assistant Professor – around HK$45,300 to HK$71,400. The rank and remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits, mandatory provident fund, gratuity, and, if applicable, housing benefits and passage and baggage allowance for the eligible appointee.

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Application submission details:
Applicants are invited to forward their dossier (including letters of recommendation), together with a personal data sheet (Form R1) which is obtainable from the University’s homepage at http://www.LN.edu.hk/hr/appform.htm , to the Human Resources Office, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong by post, by fax (852) 2891-5782, or by email: recruit@LN.edu.hk (as attachment in MS Word format).

Relevant links:
http://www.LN.edu.hk/employment/