Founded in 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a forward-looking and vibrant university, aspiring to be acknowledged regionally and internationally as a first-class comprehensive research university. With a team of over 2,000 full-time teaching and research staff, the University offers a broad spectrum of programmes up to PhD level in various disciplines organized under eight Faculties (viz. Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science and Social Science). In 2011-12, undergraduate and postgraduate enrolment in publicly-funded programmes reaches 11,300 and 3,100 respectively (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk).

The Faculty of Science comprises four Departments: Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, and two Schools: Chinese Medicine and Life Sciences, and also offers a number of multidisciplinary and interfaculty programmes. The Faculty has 300 full-time teaching and research staff, 1,740 undergraduate students and more than 490 postgraduate research students. Detailed information on the Faculty is available at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/.

The University now invites applications and nominations of qualified candidates for the Deanship of the Faculty. The Dean will be a member of the University senior management team reporting to the University Council via the Vice-Chancellor/President or the Provost. As the academic and executive head of the Faculty, the Dean will provide academic leadership and discharge administrative responsibilities in respect of academic, staff, financial and student matters.

Candidates should be academics with established scholarship appropriate for appointment at Professor level in an academic department, with an appreciation of the breadth of research and educational developments in the fields relevant to the Faculty. They should have demonstrated capability for academic leadership and management at an appropriate level in higher education institutions, long-term vision for the development of the Faculty, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Salary and fringe benefits for the post will be highly competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please send applications/nominations under confidential cover, with the post marked, to the Search Committee for the Dean of the Faculty of Science, c/o Provost's Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong [fax: (852) 3943 1462; e-mail: SCDeanship-Sc@uab.cuhk.edu.hk]. All applications/nominations will be treated in strict confidence. The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

Consideration of applications/nominations will continue until the post is filled. The University reserves the right to fill the post by invitation.