A Regulatory Affairs Manager is mainly deployed on - (a) providing professional advice in specialist areas in connection with the regulation of communications services and sending of commercial electronic messages (CEMs); (b) monitoring the telecommunications market and advising on its implications on the development of the telecommunications industry, the regulatory framework, and the interests of the consumers of telecommunications services; (c) investigating complaints under the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance and monitoring the market situation in respect of the sending of CEMs; (d) providing support in research and analysis of policy and regulatory issues, including drafting of information notes, policy papers, guidelines and codes of practices; (e) evaluating licence applications, enforcing licence conditions, regulations and industry code of practice and handling other licence administration matters; and (f) processing, reviewing and/or investigating cases in relation to anti-competitive conduct, mergers and acquisitions, misleading or deceptive conduct or other unfair trade practices of communications service providers.

Candidates should have – (a) a First or Second class honours bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Accounting, Law or Business Administration from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent; (b) 4 years’ post-graduate experience in the relevant field, preferably in the telecommunications sector, or equivalent; and (c) met the language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 1’ results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent (Note 1). Candidates are expected to – (a) have good analytical abilities, communications and interpersonal skills; and (b) be self-motivated and able to work under pressure to deliver quality outputs and meet tight schedules. Proficiency in Putonghua would be an advantage.