副效率專員向效率專員負責，職責如下：
(a) 推動政府的公共服務改革及創新和科技的運用；
(b) 借鑒國際趨勢和最佳做法，與各政策局及部門、外界合作伙伴及持份者建立伙伴關係，找尋可實施改革及創新的領域；
(c) 積極參與訂立和實施政府改革方案和倡議，加深公務員對政府改革計劃的認識，裝備及提升他們的能力；
(d) 管理向政府決策局及部門提供的顧問服務；
(e) 管理轄下的直接公共服務，包括政府青少年網站和1823聯繫中心，以及「社會創新及創業發展基金」的運作；
(f) 持續檢視香港在世界銀行的營商環境報告及相關國際排名報告中的表現，和管理政府在便利營商方面的工作；以及
(g) 在效率促進辦公室推動及建立創新、協作和持續學習的有利環境。

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To support the Commissioner for Efficiency in –
(a) promoting the Government’s agenda for innovation and technology adoption and public service improvements;
(b) identifying international trends and best practices, building partnerships with Bureaux and Departments (B/Ds), external partners and stakeholders, with a view to identifying areas for improvement and innovation;
(c) contributing to the formulation and implementation of the Government’s change programmes and initiatives, and the building of awareness, readiness and capability on change agendas within the civil service;
(d) overseeing consultancy services provided to B/Ds;
(e) overseeing the operation of direct public services including the Youth Portal and the 1823 contact centre, as well as the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund;
(f) keeping under review Hong Kong’s performance in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report and other relevant international ranking reports, and overseeing Government’s work on business facilitation; and
(g) empowering and building an enabling environment for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning in the Efficiency Office.

For more information about the Efficiency Office, please visit the Efficiency Office’s Homepage at http://www.effo.gov.hk/.