Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is the department of HKSAR tasked to attract and retain foreign direct investment in Hong Kong. InvestHK launched its Startups team to attract innovative and scalable entrepreneurs to Hong Kong. The team, under the brand name of StartmeupHK, provides a one-stop service platform to support startups setting up in the city, promote Hong Kong as a premier startup destination and help build our ecosystem to transform the city into an attractive destination and hub for entrepreneurs from around the world.

InvestHK is now recruiting a candidate to join our Startups team to help deliver our mission and objectives.

The Role Your key functions are to provide administrative and logistic support to the Startups team in the delivery of investment promotion missions of the department to attract Mainland and overseas companies to set up or expand business operations in Hong Kong.

Duties

• (a)Conduct desktop research and collate internal data to support the preparation of briefs and presentation materials;
• (b)Help with data entry and maintenance of the departmental databases and computer systems;
• (c)Follow up with the team’s digital marketing activities, including updating the content of websites and other social media channels, and production and distribution of its e-newsletter;
• (d)Support the team in the production and marketing of its flagship startup event the StartmeupHK Festival;
• (e)Assist the team in its investment promotion activities, including liaison with internal/external parties and handling the related logistical arrangements;
• (f)Provide administrative assistance to the Startups team’s daily operation, including appointment scheduling, submissions of claim; and
• (g)Perform any other duties as assigned by senior officers.

• (a)Two years of relevant full-time work experience gained in business administration, administrative support, translation, marketing, public relations or a related field is preferred. Previous working experience in startup companies would be an advantage;
• (b)A Bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent, preferably in business administration, communications, translation, project/event management, marketing, public relations, or a related field;
• (c)Excellent command of both written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and English. Proficiency in other languages would be an advantage; and
• (d)Proficient in English and Chinese word processing, and in the applications of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.