Job Overview
More Information
- Address Foshan, Guangdong, China
- Qualification PhD
- Discipline Science & Engineering, Finance, Management, Economics and Business
About
South China Normal University 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.
The International United College (IUC) was officially established in November 2018, focusing on the national innovation-driven development strategy and industrial restructuring and transformation and upgrading, with a focus on the win-win cooperation with international famous universities including University of Aberdeen, Curtin University, St. Louis University, San Francisco State University, William Jessup University, University of Nice and University of Tours. The cooperation focuses on the development of new engineering in the field of information technology, interdisciplinary subjects in Economics and management field. International United College vigorously expanding Sino-foreign joint education, deepening cooperation in articulation programs for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
In order to speed up the internationalization, International United College is now openly recruiting teaching and research talents from home and abroad.
Talents we are looking for
I. Outstanding Young Research Talents
1. Requirements
In principle, the candidates’ age should not exceed 40 years old if he/she has a doctoral degree of natural science and should not exceed 45 years old if he/she has a doctoral degree of humanity and social science. The candidates, with great potential for development, should have achieved original scientific research achievements and well-recognized by experts in the field. The candidates should be able to teach fully in English.
2. Rewards
(1) Rewards from SCNU: Employed within public institution staffing quota. The candidates will be offered or have the priority to be offered a senior position. Depending on the basic disciplines and actual research, the candidates will be rewarded with competitive start-up funds for scientific research, annual salary and housing allowance.
(2) Rewards from College: International United College will provide an additional subsidy of 50,000 yuan per year according to the academic level, title, and teaching courses of the introduced talents; Research start-up fund is basically the same as offered by SCNU, varying from person to person in the first employment period.
(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.
II. Young Talents
1. Requirements
The age of the candidates, preferably under 35, can be prolonged to 38 if he/she has outstanding academic performance in Science of Art, Philosophy,or Humanities and Social Science. Obtain a doctoral degree or engage in post-doctoral research work, with a good academic background and outstanding development potential, and have achieved high-quality innovative scientific research results. The Candidates should be able to teach fully in English.
2. Rewards
(1) Rewards from SCNU: Young Talents will be employed for a term of 3 years as Special Research Fellow. Salary consists of three parts, basic salary, annual reward performance and performance bonus. The total payment of basic salary and annual reward performance is 250,000 yuan per year.
(2) Rewards from Colleges: International United College will provide a subsidy of 40,000 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 and primary school of SCNU according to relevant regulations. When housing resources are sufficient, the candidates can also apply for renting interim apartments, but can no longer enjoy rental allowance.
III.Young Talent (Post-Doctors)
1. Requirements
The candidates, preferably under 35, have good academic background, academic foundation and development potential, and have achieved innovative scientific research results. Preference will be given to applicants who have gained his/her doctorate degree from domestic universities and discipline ranked no lower than SCNU in comprehensive competitiveness or the top 500 universities in the world. Qualified Young Talent (Post-Doctors) will be under the management of the postdoctoral system. The Candidates should be able to teach fully in English.
2. Rewards
(1) Rewards from SCNU：Young Talent (Post-Doctors) will be employed for a term of 3 years as Special Associate Research Fellow and will be managed in the national or provincial postdoctoral system. Salary consists of three parts, basic salary, annual reward performance and performance bonus. The total payment of basic salary and annual reward performance is 230,000 yuan per year.
(2) Rewards from Colleges: International United College will provide a subsidy of 30,000 yuan per year; Research start-up fund of up to 60,000 yuan will be provided for candidates in the fields of science and engineering in the first employment period, and up to 20,000 yuan for candidates in other disciplines.
(3) Other Benefits: The candidate’s children can apply for studying in the affiliated kindergarten and primary school of SCNU according to relevant regulations. When housing resources are sufficient, the candidates can also apply for renting postdoctoral apartments, but can no longer enjoy rental allowance.
IV. Post-Doctors
1. Requirements
The candidates, preferably under 35, are expected to have gained his/her doctorate degree. The candidates are expected to have good academic potentiality and vitality in the field. The candidates should be able to teach fully in English or bilingually.
2. Rewards
(1) Rewards from SCNU：Post-Doctors will be employed for a term of 2 years as Special Associate Research Fellow and will be managed in the national or provincial postdoctoral system. Salary consists of three parts: basic salary, annual reward performance and performance bonus. The total payment of basic salary and annual reward performance is150,000 yuan per year.
(2) Rewards from Colleges：International United College will provide a subsidy of 40,000 yuan per year; Research start-up fund of up to 40,000 yuan will be provided for candidates in the fields of science and engineering in the first employment period, and up to 10,000 yuan for candidates in other disciplines.
(3) Other Benefits：The candidate’s children can apply for studying in the SCNU affiliated kindergarten and primary schools that are not located in Shipai Campus.
V. Teaching-oriented Research Staff
1.Requirements
Candidates should meet the university’s basic criteria as well as the institute’s specific requirements. Doctoral candidates should be under the age of 35; The applicant shall be under the age of 40 if he/she has studied abroad and obtained a doctor’s degree, or if he/she has at least one year of overseas research experience, or if he/she is a post-doctor. Candidates with senior professional and technical qualifications shall not exceed the age of 45. Taking priority to those with overseas learning or working experience. The Candidates should be able to teach fully in Englishy.
2.Rewards
(1) Rewards from SCNU: Pre-appointed teaching and research staff participate in the implementation of contract management. Salary and benefits shall be implemented with reference to the salary policies of staff within public institution staffing quota. Participate in pension, medical, work-related injury, unemployment, maternity and other social insurance and deposit housing provident fund according to law.
(2) Rewards from Colleges: International United College will provide a subsidy of 30,000 yuan per year; Research start-up fund of up to 50,000 yuan will be provided for candidates in the fields of science and engineering in the first employment period, and up to 20,000 yuan for candidates in other disciplines.
(3) Other Benefits: The candidate’s children can apply for studying in the affiliated kindergarten and primary school of SCNU according to relevant regulations.
VI. Senior Teachers
1. Requirements
Candidates should meet the university’s basic criteria as well as the institute’s specific requirements. Candidates should have already acquired master degree or above degree, taking priority to those with overseas learning or working experience. The Candidates should be able to teach fully in English.
2.Rewards
(1) Rewards from SCNU: The candidates will sign an employment contract with SCNU. The annual salary is 120,000 yuan. Benefits includes lawful social insurances such as pension, medical treatment, work-related injury, unemployment, childbirth, as well as housing fund and other benefits.
(2) Rewards from Colleges: International United College 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.
Vacancies Available with the Following Disciplines/Majors
| College/
Department |
No. | Disciplines or Majors | Note |
| International Business College | 1 | Academic English Teachers (Senior Teacher) | English teaching required |
| International Business College | 1 | Big Data Management and Application | English or bilingual teaching required |
| 2 | Finance or relevant majors | ||
| 3 | Financial Management/Accounting or relevant majors | ||
| 4 | French Language and Literature | ||
| School of Software | 1 | Computer Science and Technology (Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Perception, Brain Computer Interaction, Computer Software and Theory, Computer Application Technology, Computer System Structure, Data science and big data technology, Intelligent science and artificial intelligence, Information security, Cloud computing services and Internet applications); Software Engineering ( Intelligent software; Natural Language Processing; intelligent information processing; EEG and hybrid intelligence); Cyberspace Security, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent System, or relevant specialty and research direction. | |
| 2 | Applied mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Operations Research and Cybernetics, or relevant specialty and research directions | ||
| School of Economics and Management | 1 | Financial Engineering (bank management, corporate finance, financial risk management,etc.) | |
| 2 | International Economy/Global Economy | ||
| 3 | E-Commerce (Information Management, Supply Chain Management) | ||
| 4 | Information Management, Computer Science (Data Science and Big Data Technology), Management science and Engineering (Big data management and application) | ||
| School of Urban Culture | 1 | Computer Science (Computer Software and Theory, Data Science and Big Data Technology, Multimedia Technology and Application), Social Networks and Media Mining | |
| 2 | Educational Technology, Journalism and Communication, Art (Radio and Television Director, Design) |
Working Address
Nanhai Campus, South China Normal University, Nanhai University Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
Documents for Application
The candidates should provide CV (including research undertaken in the past five years, publications indicated SCI, EI, SSCI, CSSCI, journal impact and citations), and list of awards .
The candidates should send the compressed application documents including CV and relevant materials in electronic format to designated email address, with a title of the email and appendix as “position types + disciplines or majors you are applying for +candidate name ( for instance: Young Talent + Finance + Zhang SAN)”.
Additional Remarks
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. This announcement is interpreted by the SCNU Personnel Department and International United College. Selection and Interview time will be released later.
Contact Us
SCNU HR Office Website: http://rsc.scnu.edu.cn
International United College, Website：http://iuc.scnu.edu.cn/
- Ms Zhang：0757-86688341, iuc@scnu.edu.cn
International Business College, Website：http://iuc.scnu.edu.cn/
- Ms Li：0757-86687180, jli@ibc.scnu.edu.cn
- Mr Xiao：pqxiao@ibc.scnu.edu.cn
School of Software Website：http://ss.scnu.edu.cn/
- Ms Chen：13928662829, 7337417@qq.com
- Mr Chen：0757-86687822/ 13590686486, 973456686@qq.com
- Mr Zeng：0757-86687266/ 13760895528, rjxy2013@163.com
School of Economics and Management Website：http://em.scnu.edu.cn/
- Ms Li：020-39310072, gw_scnuemzp@m.scnu.edu.cn
School of Urban Culture Website：http://cswh.scnu.edu.cn/
- Mr Zhao：0757-86687972, cswhxy@scnu.edu.cn
