Duties: <br>

• (a)Formulate and implement the strategy to promote the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS), including organisation of events, publicity, and advertising and social media activities, etc. <br> <br>
• (b)Plan and coordinate the administrative works of the VHIS office including registration of insurance companies participating in the scheme, product certification of compliant insurance plans, enforcement and supervision, and enquiry and complaint handling. <br> <br>
• (c)Develop the mechanism to update and review the minimum requirements of the VHIS, including the standardised policy terms and conditions, minimum benefit coverage, and code of practice for the participating insurance companies. <br> <br>
• (d)Liaise with stakeholder organisations, government departments and regulatory bodies in handling and coordinating matters related to VHIS. <br> <br>
• (e)Carry out other duties as assigned by the supervisors. <br> <br>Background: <br>Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) is a policy initiative implemented by the Food and Health Bureau in respect of individual indemnity hospital insurance products. The scheme is based on voluntary participation by insurers and consumers. Under the scheme, the participating insurers will offer individual hospital insurance plans that are certified by the Food and Health Bureau to be compliant with the scheme requirements. It is voluntary for consumers to purchase the plans. <br> <br>The VHIS Office is a new and regular office set up under the Food and Health Bureau to implement the VHIS. Its duties include registration of the participating insurers, vetting of individual indemnity hospital insurance plans for certification of compliance status, enforcement of scheme regulations, undertaking of publicity and consumer education programmes, monitoring of scheme performance, information dissemination and compilation of statistics, as well as handling of enquiries and complaints, etc.

Candidates should have – <br>

• (a)a bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent; <br> <br>
• (b)a minimum of Level 3 or above in Chinese Language and English Language (Syllabus B before 2007) in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) or the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE), or equivalent (Note 1); <br> <br>
• (c)at least 12 years’ managerial or professional experience in the fields of insurance business administration, financial risk management, financial product development, or marketing strategy formulation for financial products (Note 2); <br> <br>
• (d)strong leadership, organisation, presentation and interpersonal skills; and <br> <br>
• (e)solid background in handling complex issues or projects.