Invest Hong Kong is the department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government tasked to attract and retain foreign direct investments in Hong Kong. Working with our teams in key Mainland cities, the Mainland Business Development Team is dedicated to attracting Mainland investors to set up and expand their business in Hong Kong. The Corporate Services Team provides corporate support services including financial management, general administration, human resources, as well as training and staff development.

The key role of Assistant Manager, Mainland Business Development and Corporate Services is to assist the Mainland Business Development Team in providing administrative and logistic support to the investment promotion activities in Hong Kong and the Mainland as well as implementing strategies and promotional plans for the Mainland market, and to assist the Corporate Services Team in the efficient delivery of administrative and personnel services to the Department.

You will need to demonstrate: • proven experience in Mainland business development and in liaising with Mainland counterparts; • sound track record in event management, with the knowledge on the use of virtual event platforms is preferable; • good communication skills in Cantonese, English and Putonghua; • proficiency in Chinese and English writing; and • a proactive attitude with strong work ethics.

Duties

• (i)To provide logistic support to meetings with government departments, stakeholders and delegations, including preparing related documents for the meetings, setting of meeting venues, liaising on logistic arrangement and drafting meeting notes;
• (ii)To provide administrative and logistic support for online and offline Mainland-related promotion activities in Hong Kong and the Mainland, including providing pre-event preparation and on-site logistic support, preparing budget, procurement and claims of expenses for the events, preparing post-event reports and evaluating the effectiveness of the events, and maintaining records for all Mainland-related events;
• (iii)To receive delegations from the Mainland and arrange visit programmes for Mainland companies in Hong Kong;
• (iv)To provide research support and assist in updating the presentation materials;
• (v)To assist in supplies-related matters, such as inviting quotations, liaising with service providers, quotation opening, maintaining procurement/ contract records for contract management and compiling procurement statistics/ returns;
• (vi)To provide logistic support in training and development programmes of the Department, and to handle study reimbursement applications;
• (vii)To provide support in general administration and personnel matters; and
• (viii)To perform other ad hoc duties as required.

• (a)A minimum of two years of relevant full-time work experience gained in Mainland business development, event management or stakeholder engagement with Mainland counterparts;
• (b)A Bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent;
• (c)Meet the language proficiency requirements of “Level 2” results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) or equivalent (see Notes
• (a)to (c));
• (d)Excellent English and Chinese written communication skills. Fluency in English, Cantonese and Putonghua is a must. Knowledge of other language
• (s)would be an advantage; and
• (e)Proficient in English and Chinese word processing, and in the applications of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.