Senior Lecturer - Hospitality

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Programme Leadership –Hospitality

• Oversee student conduct, discipline, and attendance compliance.
• Manage documentation and ensure fulfilment of SWDA requirements.
• Track and support student academic progression.
• Maintain academic quality, curriculum standards, and programme documentation.
• Mentor students to participate in hospitality / F&B competitions.
• Establish a strong network for internships.
• Serve on departmental or faculty committees.
• Involve in the School's promotional activities.
• Focus on relationship management with existing and potential clients of the school.

2. Student Attendance Management – All Programmes

• Work closely with the Student Management team to monitor daily attendance across all programmes.
• Ensure timely issuance of warning and reminder letters/emails to students with poor attendance.
• Counsel students with attendance or conduct issues and document follow‑up actions.
• Provide daily attendance reports and updates to management.
• Implement and monitor attendance systems leveraging IT, AI, and automation tools.
• Conduct regular spot checks and enforce attendance policies.
• Ensure timely escalation and resolution of attendance‑related matters.

3. Events and Career Guidance

• Organise career counselling events, talks, and industry engagement activities.
• Provide career guidance and counselling to students seeking employment advice.
• Coordinate industry visits and experiential learning activities.

4. Academic

• Prepare and deliver lectures, tutorials and practical classes.
• Assess student assignments, reports, examination papers and grade student performance.
• Keep an eye on student progress and supervise research students.
• Discuss with students their progress and/or aspirations.
• Organise and conduct field trips and excursions.
• Research a specialised field of study and publish the findings in books or professional and academic journals.
• Attend meetings and conferences to do with research, budget and policy matters and department administration.
• Be part of the Academic/ Examination Boards or any Advisory Boards.
• Organise seminar/ workshops/ public lectures and conferences.
• Plan courses in consultation with other staff, arrange course timetables and coordinate and supervise teaching assistants to conduct classes.
• Organise career counselling events, talks, and industry engagement activities.
• Provide career guidance and counselling to students seeking employment advice.
• Coordinate industry visits and experiential learning activities.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and engage students and faculty.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Sound decision‑making capabilities.
• Ability to communicate with students (from China) in Chinese would be an advantage.

Education / Certification and Experience:

• Master’s degree and above.
• Pedagogical certificate.
• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience and academic administration exposure.