To assist in the implementation of a territory-wide public consultation exercise (“the exercise”) by:

• (a)assisting in the provision of executive and secretariat support to the committee
• (s)and/or working group
• (s)formed to oversee the exercise;
• (b)liaising with District Council Secretariats, relevant trade associations, concern groups, and other stakeholder organizations;
• (c)organizing briefing sessions as well as any other activities for relevant trade associations, concern groups and other stakeholder organizations;
• (d)implementing public relation and publicity programmes, including liaising with Information Service Department and Radio Television HK and / or outsourcing to production houses for the production of TV/radio Announcement of Public Interest and other publicity materials, as well as monitoring the production progress and quality;
• (e)assisting in assessing media and public sentiments and opinions, including collating public opinions, conducting preliminary assessment of the public opinions and sentiments collected, summarizing salient arguments and drafting responses to media and public enquiries;
• (f)assisting in drafting the report on the public consultation; and
• (g)supervising the Executive Assistant in manning public enquiries hotline and email account, as well as performing any other duties as and when required.

Candidates should have

• (a)a bachelor degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent;
• (b)10 years’ post-qualification working experience in management position in the public sector, social enterprises or business corporation;
• (c)excellent command of written and spoken Chinese and English, with the minimum language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 2’ in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent (Note);
• (d)planning and project management skills; and
• (e)communication and interpersonal skills in interface with a wide spectrum of non-governmental and local community organisations and the public.

Preference will be given to applicants with knowledge and experience in business consultancy and/or operation of community projects/programmes.