Aberdeen Institute Recruitment Announcement for Academic English Teachers
1. University Introduction
South China Normal University(SCNU) was founded in 1933, with a long history, complete range of disciplines and rapid development momentum. As a member of the “211 Project”, it enters the ranks of universities co-constructed by Guangdong Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education, Guangdong High-Level University Sponsoring Project and National Sponsoring Project for World-Class Disciplines Construction. SCNU now boasts four campuses, namely Shipai Campus, University Town Campus, Nanhai Campus and Shanwei Campus. Nanhai campus is jointly built by the university, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, the People's Government of Foshan City, and the People's Government of Nanhai District. With the development strategy of internationalization, new engineering, interdisciplinary and research-oriented, it aims to develop into a special zone for talent cultivation, a demonstration zone for international education, a pilot zone for mechanism reform, and a demonstration zone for industry-university-research cooperation. Located in SCNU Nanhai campus, the Aberdeen Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (here after referred to as “Aberdeen Institute”) is now openly recruiting academic English teachers from home and abroad, including 1 backbone teacher and 2 senior teachers.
2. Institute Introduction
The Aberdeen Institute is a non-legal-entity Sino-foreign joint institute established by South China Normal University and the University of Aberdeen. In May 2021, the Ministry of Education (MoE) officially approved the establishment of Aberdeen Institute, which is a teaching and research unit at SCNU. It marks the launch of the first Sino-foreign joint institute offering undergraduate program in artificial intelligence in China, the first Sino-foreign joint institute at SCNU, also the first of its kind in Foshan City. The Aberdeen Institute enrolled the first intake of 185 students in 2021, offering three four-year undergraduate programs, namely, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and information management & information systems. The total capacity is expected to reach 1,200 students in the future. It adopts the training mode of "4+0" "dual registration" "double degree".
3. Vacancies,Requirements and Rewards
Backbone Teacher
1.Requirements
The applicant should not be more than 50 years old in principle, and should hold a doctor's degree. He/she should have obtained a senior or associate senior professional title in a university ranked no lower than SCNU or in the same discipline ranked no lower than SCNU, or his/her research achievements have met the requirements for the appointment of professor or associate professor in SCNU. Have rich teaching and scientific research achievements in recent five years, and the teaching and research level is at the forefront of the school's teachers in related subject areas. Taking priority to those with major in Foreign Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language Education.
2. Rewards
（1）Rewards from SCNU: Employed within public institution staffing quota. Salary and benefits are provided according to the policies of the nation, the province and the university.
（2）Rewards from Nanhai Campus: Nanhai campus will provide a subsidy of 30,000 yuan per year; Research start-up fund of up to 100,000 yuan will be provided for candidates in the fields of science and engineering in the first employment period, and up to 50,000 yuan for candidates in other disciplines. The Aberdeen Institute’s subsidy will be decided based on face-to-face negotiation.
（3）Other Benefits: The candidate’s children can apply for studying in the affiliated kindergarten, primary and middle school of SCNU according to relevant regulations.
Senior Teacher
1. Requirement
Candidates should meet the university’s basic criteria as well as the college’s specific requirements. Candidates should have already acquired master degree or above degree, taking priority to those with overseas learning experience with major in Foreign Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language Education.
2. Rewards
（1）Rewards from SCNU: The candidates will sign an employment contract with SCNU. The annual salary of Chinese teachers is 120,000 yuan, and the annual salary of foreign teachers is 160,000 yuan.
（2）Rewards from Nanhai Campus: Nanhai Campus will provide a subsidy according to educational level and academic title. The candidates who do not have any academic title will enjoy 20,000 yuan per year, 30,000 yuan for lecturers per year, and 40,000 yuan per year for associate professors or above. The Aberdeen Institute’s subsidy will be decided based on face-to-face negotiation.
4. Application Document
The candidates should send the compressed application documents in electronic format to designated email address, with a title of the email and appendix as "talent category + disciplines or majors applying + candidate’s full name ( for instance: Backbone Teacher/Senior Teacher + Academic English + Zhang San)". The candidates should provide CV, scientific research projects undertaken in the past 5 years, published papers, relevant achievements of awards, scanned copies of academic degree certificates for all academic stages (Overseas graduates should attach the degree certification issued by the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, MoE), scanned copies of teacher qualification certificates if available.
5. Contact Us
Contact: Ms. HU
Phone: 0757-86636850
Email: aberdeen@scnu.edu.cn
This announcement shall take effect as of the date of release and shall be expired when vacancies become unavailable. If the relevant policies and regulations of the country, local governments and SCNU are adjusted, new policies and regulations will be implemented accordingly.