助理教育主任主要負責以下職務：
(a)在官立中學授課；
(b)擔任班主任；
(c)籌辦及推行課外活動；
(d)評核及記錄學生成績；以及
(e)統籌／執行校內多樣化的專業職務，包括協助處理校內的特別職務、行政工作及非教學職務，例如編訂學校課程、推行公民教育／德育／性教育、處理學校訓育工作、提供學生輔導和升學及就業輔導，以及協助舉行校內／公開考試等。

獲取錄的申請人或須任教由教育局安排的任何科目。

申請人必須具責任感、積極進取和熱心工作；品格良好、為人正直；有志於教育服務；以及能以中、英文有效溝通。

Assistant Education Officers are mainly deployed on the following types of duties –
(a) to undertake teaching duties in a government secondary school;
(b) to be a Class Master/Mistress;
(c) to organize and conduct extra-curricular activities;
(d) to assess and to record students' attainment; and
(e) to coordinate/undertake diversified professional duties, including to assist in the performance of special responsibilities, administrative work and non-teaching duties of the school, such as school curriculum development, civil/moral/sex education, school discipline, student counseling, career guidance, school/public examinations, etc.

A successful candidate may be required to teach any subjects assigned by the Education Bureau.

Candidates should be responsible, self-motivated and enthusiastic; have a fine character and integrity; be committed to serve in the education field; and be able to communicate effectively in Chinese and English.