Hong Kong Art School (HKAS), founded in 2000, is a division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC).
HKAS is an accredited institute staffed by a group of dedicated artists and art educators, who are active and distinguished practitioners in the field. The School’s award-bearing curriculum focuses mainly in the area of Fine Art. Its scope covers programmes with academic levels ranging from Higher Diploma to Bachelor Degree. The short programmes and the outreach projects of the School that run parallel to the award-bearing curriculum span a wide variety of artistic disciplines, and genuinely bridge art and the community.
HKAS has 3 Campuses and all of them are located on the Hong Kong Island (along the MTR Island Line: Wanchai, Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan). All Campuses are easily accessible and each of the them carries different art learning features. We are looking for the following candidate to join us. The work location of the following positions is mainly at our School’s Main Office at Chai Wan Campus (Youth Square).
The School now invites candidates for the following position:
Senior Administrative Officer, Academic Programme (Full Time)
Responsibilities:
• Provide professional administrative interface between staff and students at Hong Kong Art School, an educational arm of Hong Kong Arts Centre, and deal efficiently with operational matters of the School and respond appropriately to student welfare issues.
• Work closely with Programme Coordinator, supervisors and management team to support the daily operations and administration of the School academic programmes.
• Mainly administer bachelor degree programmes and involve in other award-bearing programmes if needed.
• Perform various administrative duties, including but not limited to maintaining student databases, preparing correspondence, managing event calendars etc.
• Manage programmes’ timetabling, assessment schedules, activities and venue booking on an ongoing basis.
• Handle meetings and related administrative tasks as well as logistic arrangements (e.g. agenda, minutes, reports, schedules, venue booking and set up) in accordance with School procedures.
• Handle enquiries and requests by students, teaching staff and assist them on a timely manner.
• Handle student admission, application, interview and onboarding matters. including new student orientation and other registration arrangements.
• Assist student’s recruitment and marketing events occasionally.
Requirements:
• Degree holder in any disciplines.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, preferably with academic programme administrative experience.
• Excellent organizational skills and attentive to details.
• Independent and possess a strong sense of responsibility.
• Proactive and a good team player with strong problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent communications and writing in both English and Chinese
• High proficiency in MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and a fast learner of new systems.
• Candidate with less experience will be considered as Administrative Officer.
Interested parties please email your resume and covering letter (please quote our reference, your current and expected salary and available date) to Human Resources Department, Hong Kong Arts Centre via email hr@hkac.org.hk.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to workforce diversity and fair employment practices. All data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.