A Research Officer (Public Health) will be mainly deployed to perform the following duties –

• (a)Set up, operate, maintain and evaluate information systems on clinical services and public health subjects including surveillance;
• (b)Update and maintain various databases, compile statistical reports, and perform statistical analysis and test results validation;
• (c)Coordinate, design and provide inputs on compilation and analysis of statistics/ health data;
• (d)Plan, carry out and support statistical/ research projects/ clinical studies/ public health studies/ investigations including conducting data analysis, compiling research reports, briefs, statistical or progress reports and research projects on related subjects, and make recommendation to the management;
• (e)Conduct and compile reports on literature review, analyse and interpret data for planning of various clinical issues and public health subjects, and apply the findings in system development;
• (f)Participate and provide liaison and support for users or stakeholders in system development;
• (g)Handle enquiries and take up liaison work related to health information and research;
• (h)Prepare draft Information and Discussion Papers for meetings, and assist in taking meeting notes or minutes when necessary;
  • (i)Manage data governance activities and be responsible for improving the quality and management of data, driving changes and improvements;
• (j)Establish and promulgate standards and guidelines on use, disclosure, and dissemination of data;
• (k)Support public health investigation and control by processing applications for registration, expansion or variation of services and re-registration of private healthcare facilities, conducting inspections at private healthcare facilities and handling related enquiries and/or complaints;
• (l)Review and evaluate the healthcare related audit/investigation of government facilities at government healthcare facilities/ offices, and monitor the relevant case progress by providing support or suggestions;
• (m)Liaise with internal parties and/or service vendors for designing and executing healthcare-related projects, promulgating health safety publicity information and public health education, and handling related enquiries and/or complaints;
• (n)Liaise with service contractors and/or non-governmental organisations encountering any contract related matters; and
• (o)Carry out any other duties as assigned by senior officers.

Candidates should –

• (a)
  • (i)have a Master degree in Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Infection Control, Data Science, Quantitative Analysis or Statistics from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent; or
  • (ii)have a postgraduate diploma in Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Infection Control, Data Science, Quantitative Analysis or Statistics from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent, with 2 years’ relevant full time post qualification working experience;
• (b)in addition to requirement (a), another 2 years’ relevant full time post qualification working experience in conducting public health, epidemiology, social behaviour research/ survey; risk communication; viral / microbiological research/ survey; infectious diseases forecasting model development; data management and analysis; statistical programming; or participation in the development, testing and management of information system and large databases is preferred;
• (c)meet the Language Proficiency Requirement:
  • (i)Level 3 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) or Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or equivalent [Remark(1)]; or
  • (ii)have
• (1)Chinese Language and Culture or Chinese Language and Literature and
• (2)Use of English at “Grade E” or above in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE), or equivalent; and
• (d)be able to speak fluent Cantonese and English.