Head of Community Relations Unit

Digital Policy; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,454,000 - 1,560,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

MPF contributions

Job summary

Digital Policy in Hong Kong is seeking a Head of Community Relations Unit to lead public engagement and outreach for environmental initiatives. The role focuses on formulating strategies, managing funding schemes, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to promote government environmental policies.

The ideal candidate will have a strong leadership background, Chinese and English proficiency, and a track record of large-scale campaigns in the public sector.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or post-graduate degree from a Hong Kong university or equivalent.
• At least 15 years’ post-qualification experience, with 10 years in senior/managerial publicity/communications roles.
• Proven ability to plan and lead large-scale public engagement campaigns and funding schemes.
• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with strategic thinking.
• Excellent written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese) and English; Putonghua is a plus.
• Good knowledge of Hong Kong environmental policies and government funding processes.

Responsibilities

• Formulate, implement and review public engagement strategies to promote awareness and support of environmental policies.
• Manage and administer funding schemes under the Environment and Ecology Bureau to support policies and programmes.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders across government, green groups, schools and business sectors.
• Monitor stakeholder feedback and advise senior management on engagement and funding strategies.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by senior management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Public engagement

Education

Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree

Job description

Salary: HK$130,255 - HK$139,825 depending on relevant work experience

Entry Requirements: Applicants should: –
(a) have a bachelor’s degree or post-graduate degree from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent; preferably majoring in subject relevant to engineering, environmental studies, public administration, public relations, communications or social sciences;
(b) have at least 15 years of full-time post-qualification working experience, of which 10 years at a senior executive/managerial level in the field of publicity communications, public/media relations, online/social media marketing, event management, public administration, or funding/grant schemes management. Experience in public sector or large-scale organisations dealing with environmental protection, nature conservation or sustainable development issues would be an advantage;
(c) have proven track record in planning, leading and implementing large-scale public engagement campaigns and educational promotion programmes, as well as in managing significant funding/grant schemes;
(d) have strong leadership and management capabilities, good communication and interpersonal skills, strategic mind to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders;
(e) have good command of written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese) and English. Knowledge of Putonghua would be an advantage; and
(f) have good knowledge and understanding of Hong Kong’s environmental policies, government funding mechanism or business process re-engineering would be an advantage.

Note: The venues of work may be varied having regard to the operational needs of the office. The successful candidate may be required to work outdoors occasionally.

Duties: The Head of Community Relations Unit leads the public engagement and community outreach efforts of the Environment and Ecology Bureau (Environment Branch), formulates and implements the overall strategies for public engagement with a view to supporting the policies related to environmental protection, nature conservation, climate actions etc. His/Her main duties include:-
(a) Formulate, implement and review public engagement strategies to promote public awareness and support of government environmental policies/initiatives;
(b) Manage, oversee and administer funding schemes under Environment and Ecology Bureau (Environment Branch) to support government policies and programmes such as the Environment and Conservation Fund, including drawing up assessment frameworks, monitoring of funded projects, evaluating the outcomes and reviewing the scheme design;
(c) Build up, maintain effective communication/working relationship and collaborate with various stakeholders such as green groups, community/district organisations/groups, educational institutions, business sector, District Councils, relevant government departments etc; and represent the Bureau in related forums, functions and meetings whenever necessary;
(d) Monitor the feedback from stakeholders and offer advice to senior management to review the engagement/publicity strategies and the funding schemes to enhance the understanding and support of government policies/ initiatives; and
(e) Perform any other duties as assigned by the seniors.

Terms of Appointment: Successful candidate will be employed on non-civil service contract terms for a period of 12 months. Renewal of contract will be subject to the service need and the performance of the candidate.

Fringe Benefits 14 days paid annual leave will be granted to the successful candidate. The eligibility for rest days, statutory holidays (or substitute holidays), maternity/paternity leave and sickness allowance, where appropriate, is in line with those provided for under the Employment Ordinance. A gratuity may be granted at the end of the contract period if the contract is satisfactorily completed with consistently high standard of performance and conduct. Such gratuity, if granted, plus any contribution made by the Government to a Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) Scheme in respect of the appointee as required by the MPF Schemes Ordinance, will be equal to 10% of the total basic salary received during the contract period.

General Notes: (a) Candidates must be permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the time of appointment unless specified otherwise. (b) As an Equal Opportunities Employer, the Government is committed to eliminating discrimination in employment. The vacancy advertised is open to all applicants meeting the basic entry requirement irrespective of their disability, sex, marital status, pregnancy, age, family status, sexual orientation and race. (c) Non-civil service vacancies are not posts on the civil service establishment. Candidates appointed are not on civil service terms of appointment and conditions of service. Candidates appointed are not civil servants and will not be eligible for posting, promotion or transfer to any posts in the Civil Service. (d) The entry pay, terms of appointment and conditions of service to be offered are subject to the provisions prevailing at the time the offer of appointment is made. (e) Where a large number of candidates meet the specified entry requirements, the recruiting department may devise shortlisting criteria to select the better qualified candidates for further processing. In these circumstances, only shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend recruitment examination and/or interview. (f) It is Government policy to place people with a disability in appropriate jobs wherever possible. If a disabled candidate meets the entry requirements, he/she will be invited to attend the selection interview/written examination without being subject to any further shortlisting criteria. Applicants who have declared disabilities found suitable for appointment may be given an appropriate degree of preference over other applicants whose suitability for appointment is considered comparable to that of the former. The Government policy and other related measures on employment of persons with disabilities are set out in the booklet “Employ People Based on Their Abilities – Application for Government Jobs by Persons with Disabilities” which is available for reference on the Civil Service Bureau’s website at http://www.csb.gov.hk under “Administration of the Civil Service – Appointments”.