• (a)To lead, supervise and monitor a Project Development Team of the Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Section tasked with:
  • (i)developing, implementing and reviewing strategies for diversifying primary literacy programmes and incorporating elements of e-learning into the programmes to serve the wide-ranging needs of local primary students; and
  • (ii)planning, coordinating, implementing and reviewing strategies and services in support of the Primary NET Scheme;
• (b)To assist in development planning for the NET Section;
• (c)To design, coordinate and conduct internal capacity building sessions for professional officers in the NET Section to support the implementation of the tasks listed in (a); and
• (d)To perform any other duties with regard to the Primary NET Scheme as and when required by the Permanent Secretary for Education (PS(Ed)) or such other officers as the PS(Ed) may nominate.

Applicants should be native-speakers of English or have native-speaker English competence#, and should possess:

• (a)Hong Kong bachelor's degree, preferably majoring in Education or in English, or equivalent;
• (b)A Post-graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), or equivalent;
• (c)A Teaching of English as a Foreign/Second Language (TEFL/TESL) qualification at least at certificate level is preferred;
• (d)a Master's degree in education is preferred;
• (3)At least twelve years' relevant post-degree working experience in language education, of which at least three years of experience deals with school, panel or project management;
• (f)Experience in curriculum development in English Language Education is an advantage;
• (g)Experience in designing, coordinating and conducting teacher professional development programmes is an advantage;
• (h)Experience in leading and coordinating literacy programme development is an advantage.

# Native speakers of English are people who acquire the language in infancy and develop the language through adolescence and adulthood within a community where English is spoken as the first language. Native-speaker English competence refers to the ability to use English fluently and spontaneously, to give grammatically accurate responses in communication and to write or speak creatively. Non-native speakers of English, i.e. people who have not acquired the language since early childhood, are also suitable for employment if their English competence is not different from that of native-speakers in terms of fluency, accuracy and creativity in language use.