School Development Officer I / II

The Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research invites passionate and experienced educators with strong expertise and leadership in Science Education and interdisciplinary learning at both primary and secondary levels to join the Quality School Improvement Project (QSIP) in the 2025/26 school year as School Development Officer (SDO).QSIP is an organisation established by the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research in 1998, with the mission of actualising the philosophy of comprehensive school improvement in the capacity of external change agents. Through the provision of professional school-based support, QSIP endeavours to strengthen teachers professional capacity, facilitate school improvement, and enhance the quality of education. Over the years, QSIP has evolved from a project-based programme to an organisation conducting multiple projects funded by diverse sources, while also offering self-financing professional school improvement programmes to schools. (For more details, please visit: .)The appointee will (a) provide school-based support to partner schools on a regular basis to strengthen the professional capacity of school leaders, middle-level leaders, and frontline teachers (b) support schools in internalising a systematic E-PIE cycle for school self-evaluation (c) facilitate professional development through collaborative practices, lesson study, consultations, and action learning and (d) conceptualise and disseminate good practices in school improvement, including school management, learning and teaching, and student support, through articles, exemplars, publications, toolkits, and reports.Applicants should possess (i) a Bachelor's degree, (ii) at least ten years of experience in providing professional support to both primary and secondary schools and (iii) strong pedagogical content knowledge and effective teaching strategies in academic subject(s) to cater for learner diversity. Preference will be given to candidates with: (1) a higher degree in a relevant subject discipline or in education (2) a proven record of facilitating school improvement at departmental level (3) solid experience in providing support to interdisciplinary learning, including but not limited to STEM in primary education and (4) substantial professional experience in educational organisations other than primary and secondary schools. Those with less experience (at least six years of relevant experience) after obtaining the Bachelor%27s degree will be considered for the appointment as SDO II.Appointment will initially be made on a full-time/fractional-time/part-time contract basis for six to eighteen months, renewable subject to mutual agreement.Review of applications will continue until November 6, 2025, or until the post is filled, whichever is earlier.[Those who have responded to the previous advertisement for the same post (Ref. 250001NS) need not re-apply.]The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for the post above via the CUHK career site. For more information and to apply online, please visit .