A Part-time Tobacco Control Inspector is mainly deployed to the Tobacco Control Office in the Department of Health to -

• (a)lead the enforcement team in investigating and handling complaints regarding contraventions of the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371);
• (b)carry out law enforcement duties and regulatory work pertaining to tobacco control, including investigation, field inspection, collection of evidence, issuing fixed penalty notices and initiating prosecution actions for contravention of the law;
• (c)give witness statement in legal proceedings and testify in court where necessary;
• (d)facilitate security guards and managers of premises to enforce and facilitate the public to comply with the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371); and
• (e)carry out compliance check of the designated no smoking areas as stipulated in the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371).

(Remarks: A Part-time Tobacco Control Inspector is required to perform shift duties in different working venues for not more than 16 hours per week. The working hours will be round the clock from Mondays to Sundays including public holidays in accordance with the assigned duty roster.)

Candidates should -

• (a)have at least ten years' full-time work experience, eight years of which should be in the Hong Kong Police Force, the Customs and Excise Department, and / or the Immigration Department discharging prosecution and law enforcement duties; and
• (b)be able to speak fluent Cantonese. Good spoken English and Putonghua would be an advantage.