娛樂事務管理主任的主要職責是―
(a) 管理電視和聲音廣播牌照，確保持牌機構遵守相關的法例和牌照（包括處理各類牌照的申請及續期，並擬定收費水平），檢討並草擬業務守則，以及就廣播各方面事宜進行研究工作和安排公眾諮詢；
(b) 處理有關電視和聲音廣播服務的投訴；
(c) 為通訊事務管理局及其轄下委員會，以及香港電影發展局提供秘書處服務；
(d) 根據電影檢查尺度檢查影片，並執行《電影檢查條例》；以及
(e) 推廣香港電影，促進本地電影業的長遠發展，處理電影發展基金的撥款申請，為在香港進行的外景拍攝提供一站式服務，以及推介香港為取景地點之選。

An Entertainment Standards Control Officer is mainly deployed on -
(a) administering television and sound broadcasting licences and ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation and licences by the licensees (including processing of applications for and renewals of licences and formulating fee proposals), reviewing and drafting codes of practice, and conducting research and public consultation on various aspects of broadcasting;
(b) handling complaints about television and sound broadcasting services;
(c) providing secretariat services to the Communications Authority and its committees, and the Hong Kong Film Development Council;
(d) examining films according to the film censorship standards and administering the Film Censorship Ordinance; and
(e) promoting Hong Kong films and enhancing the long-term development of the local film industry, processing applications under the Film Development Fund, and providing one-stop services for location filming in Hong Kong and promoting Hong Kong as a choice filming location.