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Job ID: 41048

Location: Kwun Tong, HK

Area of interest: Governance, Risk Management & Compliance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 30 Sept 2025

JOB SUMMARY

The role of Group Public & Regulatory Affairs (GPRA) which sits within the Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk (CFCR) organization is to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, driving the alignment of the Bank's strategy and global public policy, regulatory and supervisory objectives. The remit of the Group covers policy, regulatory and supervisory issues emanating in key markets and developing engagement strategies that position the Bank in a constructive manner.

GPRA is organised internally into three teams: 1) Government Affairs; 2) Group Regulatory Engagement; and 3) Strategic Policy Insights.

The Executive Director (ED), Head of Government Affairs for Greater China North Asia (GCNA) sits within the Global Government Affairs team and works under the supervision of the Global Head of Government Affairs. The Executive Director collaborates with other CFCR and GPRA teams, namely Group Regulatory Engagement, and Strategic Policy Insights as well as business partners across the region to deliver systematic and strategic government engagement and insights in support of business outcomes consistent with government policy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The ED is responsible for supporting the Global Head of Government Affairs with designing and implementing the Bank's government and policy engagement strategy in mainland China, Greater Bay Area (GBA) and Hong Kong SAR. The ED will also support policy and government engagement across our other North Asia markets such as Japan and Korea.

Business

• Partner across the CEOs in the cluster and region to understand business priorities and align on areas of Global Government Affairs focus.
• Partner across GPRA to share CEO priorities and align on policy, regulatory and strategic thematic priorities.
• Have a successful track record of operating in a partnership style and in a complex, global and matrix organisation to support the design and implementation of policy and government engagement strategies towards an identified outcome.
• Possess strong project management, communication (written and verbal) and analytical capabilities.
• Have experience with designing and delivering advocacy campaigns.
• Partner with GPRA teams to prepare speeches, briefings, position papers and other written materials including timely and succinct policy analyses and insights.
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams, functions and regions to ensure continuous improvement of content development and delivery.

Processes

The role holder is one of the leadership team of Group Public & Regulatory Affairs (GPRA) and will work with the Global Head, Government Affairs on the day-to-day running of the GPRA-Government Affairs. In particular, the role holder will

• Lead a team which develops and delivers strategic and systematic government and policy engagement.
• Identify and alert appropriate internal stakeholders of emerging government and policy trends that will materially impact the Bank's business strategy.
• Live the commitments of the Bank's Brand Promise, Here for good.

People & Talent

• Bring out the best from each member of his/her team.
• Provide motivational leadership; Balance team attainment with team culture, and act as a role-model for others.
• Work in collaboration with CFCR as one function and with its partners.
• Promote the culture and practice of collaboration and compliance with standards (including conducting business within regulatory requirements, and to high ethical standards) within the Bank embedding the Group Code of Conduct and our 'Here for good' brand promise.

Governance

• The role holder will assist with the development and operationalisation of relevant bank forums run by GPRA and Government Affairs team as needed.
• Required from time to time be asked to present at external events such as conferences or internally at formal bank committees and Management Team meetings across businesses, functions and regions on an as needed basis and will align with the Global Head of Government Affairs on the appropriateness, the presentation and speech or talking points.

Key Stakeholders

• Risk & CFCR
• Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing
• Group Strategy
• CIB (incl. Global Research) / WRB
• CEOs

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong track record in delivering government and policy engagement programmes and advocacy campaigns.
• Possess a strong understanding of political, diplomatic, and policymaking systems in the GCNA cluster/region, with an emphasis on mainland China, Greater Bay Area, and Hong Kong SAR.
• Fluent in key policy matters facing a global bank (e.g., trade connectivity, financial market cooperation, energy transition, digital assets, and AI).
• Broad and deep network of relevant government departments in the cluster/region.
• Extensive connections across the public affairs ecosystem, including trade associations, research bodies, and public affairs agencies

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

CITIC CLSA provides global investors and corporate executives with insights, liquidity and capital to drive their growth strategies.

Award-winning research, an extensive Asia footprint, direct links to China and highly experienced finance professionals differentiate our innovative products and services in asset management, corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, securities and wealth management.

As part of CITIC Securities (SSE: , SEHK: 6030), China's leading investment bank, CITIC CLSA is uniquely positioned to facilitate cross-border capital flows and connect China to the world and the world to China.

CITIC CLSA operates from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit

Position Description

This position is responsible for providing support to Research Analyst covering the renewable space. The role is primarily responsible for assisting with the building and servicing of financial models, the analysis of data and the production of the research product. The individual will also assist in compiling news and working with the analyst to provide commentary on the impact on the respective stocks and sectors.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Support sector research analysts for preparation of market reports and presentation materials, including solar, energy storage and other renewables.
• Retrieve and analyse information from databases, external data (e.g. Bloomberg, CEIC, WIND, etc), industry sources and companies for the stocks under primary coverage within a given sector.
• Help track and analyse news relating to the sector
• Helps sector research analysts with client requests
• Follow company result announcements, this person will be responsible for updating models/ records for specific companies that he/she might cover individually.
• Travel to China to for company visits and conduct independent company analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor degree required, but Master's degree preferred, preferably in business related or quantitative discipline
• 2-3 years' work experience preferred, but not required
• Experience in a large accountancy firm will also be considered
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Understanding of financial modelling and strong Excel skills
• High sense of commercial awareness
• Excellent interpersonal sensitivity.  Excellent communication and management skills to both internal and external clients
• Fluent in English is a must and fluent Mandarin preferred

Duties

The appointee will assist the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigators. His/her task will include (i) event planning and management; (ii) assisting in drafting operational manuals, training materials, powerpoints, forms, templates and reports; (iii) assisting in video shooting, editing and drafting subtitles; (iv) arranging and assisting to conduct interviews & focus groups as well as designing survey questionnaires and collecting quantitative data; (v) conducting data analysis of the verbatim transcription with software e.g., Nvivo and/or quantitative data with SPSS; (v) drafting research manuscripts and other presentation materials for presentation/publication in conferences/journals; (vi) performing other tasks as assigned.

Appointment Criteria

Applicants should have (i) a Bachelor's degree, preferably with a Master's/MPhil degree in Social Sciences or a related discipline; (ii) rich experiences in event planning and management; (iii) solid training and experience in research methods and data analysis, both quantitative and qualitative; (iv) excellent English and Chinese proficiency.

Application Deadline

Until the Position is Filled

CITIC CLSA provides global investors and corporate executives with insights, liquidity and capital to drive their growth strategies.

Award-winning research, an extensive Asia footprint, direct links to China and highly experienced finance professionals differentiate our innovative products and services in asset management, corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, securities and wealth management.

As part of CITIC Securities (SSE: , SEHK: 6030), China's leading investment bank, CITIC CLSA is uniquely positioned to facilitate cross-border capital flows and connect China to the world and the world to China.

CITIC CLSA operates from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit

Position Description

We require a high caliber individual who will report directly to the Head of Product Impact and Innovation and be responsible for actively helping to develop new research ideas and products. The product impact and innovation function seeks to boost the level of quality, insight and differentiation in CLSA's research output; look for opportunities to develop new products; and encourage collaboration between analysts and research offices.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Product Impact and Innovation
• Work with research heads and individual analysts to maintain and enhance the quality, insight and differentiation of our research output
• Look for opportunities to improve our existing research output
• Attend the regional morning call and help analysts manage their timing. Seek to boost the call's efficiency
• Work with sales and research to identify and develop new products that are insightful, timely and differentiated
• Support our Recommendation Board process with data
• Build, maintain and update models to support valuation reviews
• Prepare material for internal communications about the research product

Requirements

• Bachelor degree required, preferably in a finance, business, economics, mathematics or economics, mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline
• Minimum 4 to 6 years relevant work experience in sell-side research, buy-side, accounting or equivalent is a plus
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills. Willingness to learn by embracing challenges
• Understanding of financial modelling and strong Excel skills
• Proven ability to clearly organize, structure, and analyze complex data sets
• Experience in automating routine data tasks using VBA and/or Python
• High sense of commercial / economic awareness
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and management skills
• Excellent and well-structured written and verbal communication skills in English and Mandarin

About the University

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a non-profit private liberal-arts-oriented university with six Schools (Business, Communication, Decision Sciences, Humanities and Social Science, Translation and Foreign Languages, and Transdisciplinary Studies), and over 6,700 full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students. With its unique "Liberal + Professional" education model, HSUHK nurtures young talent with critical thinking, innovative minds, caring attitudes, moral values and social responsibility.

Aspiring to be a leading private university in the region, HSUHK prioritises stellar undergraduate education, top-quality faculty members, award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, a unique residential college system that combines living and learning, interactive small-class teaching, close student-teacher relationships, impactful research, and excellent student development and support services.

HSUHK also ranked 7th (overall) in the ASEAN+ region, the 1st in the Greater China region, the 1st in Employability, the 3rd in Research and the 5th in Community Engagement as per the 2023 AppliedHE ASEAN+ private university ranking by the Singapore-based AppliedHE. Additionally, HSUHK was ranked among the top 200 worldwide on "Quality Education" and "Decent Work and Economic Growth" in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021.

HSUHK was recognised in the 2025 Top Universities and Top Scientists Rankings conducted by international academic platform, , and was ranked 22nd in Social Sciences and Humanities, and 33rd in Economics and Finance among the top universities in China. The University's MSc in Global Supply Chain Management programme was ranked 84th globally in the QS International Trade Rankings 2025 announced by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The programme was also ranked 7th in the Greater China region and 4th in Hong Kong. The School of Business obtained AACSB International accreditation, a distinction achieved by only 6% of the world's leading business schools.

The University now invites applications for the following position:

Research Associate / Senior Research Assistant / Research Assistant – Department of Computer Science

(Ref: RAsso / SRA / RA (COM - SDSC – SRG

Responsibilities

• use Machine Learning, Large Language Models in particular, to understand the relationship between descriptions and permissions of mobile applications;
• perform data analysis; and
• assist in documentation.

Applicants Should

• Research Associate: possess a master's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, with at least 3 years of working experience in research or industry practice;

• Senior Research Assistant: possess a bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology,or a related discipline, with at least 3 years of working experience in research or industry practice;

• Research Assistant: possess a bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology,or a related discipline

• possess good programming skills in Python;

• have a good understanding of Machine Learning and/or Deep Learning will be an advantage;
• have a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese; and
• have the ability to work independently and under pressure.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicant should visit this link and apply on or before 28 September 2025. The University reserves the right not to fill the position in this exercise.

Applicants who are not invited to an interview within three months may consider their applications unsuccessful. All information received will be treated in strict confidence, and the data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability by guarantee, is an equal opportunity employer.

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Job Title

Research Associate – Oil & Gas + New/Basic Materials

Company A Global Investment Bank

Location: Hong Kong

Responsibilities:

• Mainly support a total c.15 stocks coverage in China/HK oil & gas and new & basic material coverage.
• Depends on experience and performance, candidate might have chance to cover stocks independently.
• To support on financial modeling.
• To independently write brief notes on results and breaking news, as well as the bulk of in-depth reports.
• To assist on the invitation of Corporate Clients to Company events.
• To build up good relationship with Corporate Clients.
• To complete client requests with minimal supervision.

Job Requirements:

• Degree holder in Finance and Accounting or related disciplines.
• Around 1 to 3 years of relevant equity research experience.
• Good spoken and written English and Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese).
• Willing to learn and pay attention to details.
• Enjoy pitching stock ideas.
• Proficient in Excel and other PC skills / computer operations including Microsoft Office Applications such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• A pleasant, flexible, fast learner and team player who possesses /shows very good work attitude and strong commitment to work and who is willing to work overtime in case needed.
• A hardworking team player who is eager to learn, able to work under pressure and willing to work long hours.

Interested candidate please email your CV to - or call for more details.

Recruit Ref: L

Posting Date:

Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design Limited

Research Associate / Research Assistant (several posts)

Research Associate / Research Assistant (several posts)

(. No.: AiDLab/P2.3/R

(Appointment period: 12 months initially, with possibility of further appointment)

The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – "Intelligent Garment Inspection System".

Duties (Post 1)

(1) Developing algorithms and models for inspection

(2) Programming inspection features and functions

(3) Testing the system prototypes in real life manufacturing environment

(4) Documenting the system architecture, process and implementation

(5) Liaising with collaborating companies in the industry for collecting their requirements and arranging testing

(6) Performing any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his delegates.

Qualifications (Post 1)

Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering or other related disciplines with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.

Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in one of the afore- mentioned or other related disciplines.

Duties (Post 2)

(1) Liaising with collaborating companies in the industry for collecting their requirements and arranging testing.

(2) Testing the system prototypes developed by the project team in real life manufacturing environment.

(3) Documenting the testing performance of the system prototypes in trial sites.

(4) Performing any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his delegates.

Qualifications (Post 2)

Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in fashion, textiles, or other related disciplines with solid knowledge of textile materials, garment and textile manufacture.

Please return the completed application form, together with a detailed curriculum vitae, to the AiDLab. Part-time applicants are also welcome.

Industry:

Education / Training

Job Category / Function:

Education (Research)

Job Position Level:

General

Employment Term:

Full Time

Min. Edu. Level Req:

-

Minimum QF Level attained:

-

Total Working Exp:

-

Salary(HKD):

-

Location:

Tai Po District / Tai Po

Benefits:

-

Research Associate / Research Assistant (several posts)

(Ref. No.: AiDLab/P2.3/R

(Appointment period: 12 months initially, with possibility of further appointment)

The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – "Intelligent Garment Inspection System".

Duties (Post 1)

(1) Developing algorithms and models for inspection

(2) Programming inspection features and functions

(3) Testing the system prototypes in real life manufacturing environment

(4) Documenting the system architecture, process and implementation

(5) Liaising with collaborating companies in the industry for collecting their requirements and arranging testing

(6) Performing any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his delegates.

Qualifications (Post 1)

Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering or other related disciplines with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.

Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in one of the afore- mentioned or other related disciplines.

Duties (Post 2)

(1) Liaising with collaborating companies in the industry for collecting their requirements and arranging testing.

(2) Testing the system prototypes developed by the project team in real life manufacturing environment.

(3) Documenting the testing performance of the system prototypes in trial sites.

(4) Performing any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his delegates.

Qualifications (Post 2)

Applicants should have an honours degree in fashion, textiles, or other related disciplines with solid knowledge of textile materials, garment and textile manufacture.

Please return the completed application form, together with a detailed curriculum vitae, to the AiDLab. Part-time applicants are also welcome.

Responsibilities:

• Execute the company's technology strategy and roadmap.
• Conduct research and development (R&D) in cooling technologies and smart materials.
• Write and review research reports, proposals, and project documentation.
• Conduct research, data collection, and analysis, ensuring timely submission of findings.
• Conduct laboratory work related to materials science and product development.
• Finish outdoor research activities and site visits for data collection and testing.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above in Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Material Science, or related fields.
• Experience in cooling systems, smart materials, thermodynamics, or sustainable energy is highly recommended.
• Strong skills in innovation, data analysis, and report writing.