An Administrative Assistant mainly assists in -

• (a)COVID-19 related duties, including logistic support to quarantine arrangements, handling of enquiries and complaints, procurement of goods and services, office accommodation, compilation of statistics, liaison with stakeholders etc.;
• (b)handling general administration and human resources management matters;
• (c)serving as secretary and preparing discussion paper of committees or working groups, coordination work and making logistic arrangement of various meetings;
• (d)system / database development and management;
• (e)organising, implementing, monitoring and promoting public health activities / programmes;
• (f)supervising junior staff; and
• (g)any other duties as assigned by supervisors.

(Remarks: May be required to

• (1)work irregular hours or perform shift duties to provide 24-hour coverage, work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
• (2)perform duties at various locations including but not limited to airport, boundary control points, Temporary Specimen Collection Centre and quarantine centres; and
• (3)attend duties during emergencies.)

Candidates should have -

• (a)a bachelor degree, preferably in the related fields of Chinese Language, English Language, Translation, Public Administration, Public Management, Human Resource Management or Public Health from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent (Note 1);
• (b)met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination ("CRE"), or equivalent (Note 2); and
• (c)one year of full-time work experience.

Other Requirements: Candidates should also have -

• (a)good command of Chinese and English, including Putonghua;
• (b)good command of computer skills in the application of MS Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint; and
• (c)dedicated to contribute towards departmental effort against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19") pandemic.