Associate Professor of Practice / Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in Acting for Global Screen
- Employer
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Location
- Hong Kong
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Feb 19, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Communications, Film & Video
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Hong Kong Baptist University
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
Academy of Film
Associate Professor of Practice / Senior Lecturer /
Lecturer in Acting for Global Screen (PR0259/20-21)
Founded in 1968, the School comprises the Academy of Film,
Department of Communication Studies and Department of Journalism,
offering 20 programmes at the sub-degree, undergraduate and
postgraduate levels to 2,000 students. As a leading school of
communication, journalism, and film studies in the Asia-Pacific
region, its faculty members work in a dynamic, interdisciplinary
academic environment that entails collaboration across multiple
fields of study.
The Academy invites applications for full-time position for
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) in Acting for Global Screen. The
appointee is expected to:
• work closely with the Programme Director on
developing the courses within the programme and assist with
academic workflow;
• teach undergraduate courses in screen and stage
acting, performance arts and studies;
• direct, develop and supervise student acting
projects, films and rehearsal projects;
• develop outreach, creative relationships in the
industry, and recruitment;
• create international performance internships;
and
• identify international and local feeder
colleges, schools, drama clubs/societies and work with them to
encourage a wider pool of applicants for the programme.
Potential candidates should:
• hold a Doctorate or MFA or Master’s degree in
acting, performance studies or a similar field (candidates who hold
Bachelor’s degree with remarkable performance records will also be
considered);
• have extensive working knowledge of
Stanislavsky’s and Meisner’s methods, and how to apply and teach
them for modern screen actors;
• have worked at the highest level with the
profession either as an actor/director/performer;
• have extensive experience in teaching acting at
the highest conservatoire level;
• have an excellent command of English and
Chinese; and
• possess outstanding professional
knowledge/experience of screen acting, directing, script analysis
and development, stage acting and stage directing and have a range
of professional credits/awards/prizes at the highest level within
the industry to support this.
Initial appointment will be offered on a fixed-term contract of two
to three years. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual
agreement.
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and
experience.
Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU
e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) and send in the latest
teaching evaluation results. Applicants should also request two
referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR
number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Human Resources
Office (Email: recruit@hkbu.edu.hk) direct. If not being invited
for interview 4 months after the closing date, applicants may
consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials
will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise.
Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection
Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for
the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to
the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of
offer.
Closing date: 20 March 2021 (or until the position is
filled)
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