To be deployed on assisting professional officers and Senior Law Clerks in the respective Divisions of the Department in work including:

• (a)preparing legal documents and legislation in both English and Chinese and translating documents, vetting the style and format of draft legislation and draft documents, and performing work related to the publication of legislation, legal glossaries, periodicals and related materials;
• (b)handling debt recovery work, claims made against the government, costs matters, conducting court proceedings in Chinese and English before the Small Claims Tribunal, fixed penalty cases and taxation hearings, and attending mediation sessions;
• (c)carrying out legal research and maintaining databases and mini-libraries, and preparing consultation papers and reports and collating responses;
• (d)receiving visiting delegations, organising outgoing visits and in-house seminars;
• (e)providing necessary supporting services to professional staff and supervising the work of clerical staff; and
• (f)performing other routine para-legal work.

Candidates should have -

• (a)
  • (i)Level 3 or equivalent (Note 1) or above in five subjects in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) (Note 2), or equivalent; or
  • (ii)Grade E or above in two subjects at Advanced Level in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination and Level 3 (Note 3)/ Grade C or above in three other subjects in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) (Note 2), or equivalent;
• (b)met the language proficiency requirements of Level 3 (Note 3) or above in Chinese Language and English Language in HKDSEE or HKCEE, or equivalent; and
• (c)a pass result in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (Note 4).