Outreaching Coordinator (Waste Reduction and Recycling)

The successful candidate will be appointed on non-civil service contract terms for one year.

HK$21,000 per month

14 days of 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 15% of the total basic salary received during the contract period.

(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”. (g) Holders of academic qualifications other than those obtained from Hong Kong institutions/Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority may also apply but their qualifications will be subject to assessments on equivalence with the required entry qualifications. They should submit copies of their official transcripts and certificates by post to the contact address.

Application Forms [G.F. 340 (Rev. 3/2013)] are obtainable from any Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of District Offices, Home Affairs Department or any Job Centres of the Employment Services Division, Labour Department. The said form can also be downloaded from the Civil Service Bureau's website (http://www.csb.gov.hk). Applications, enclosed with a photograph (Note 1), submitted in person or by post should reach the contact address on or before the closing date of application. Please specify the position being applied for on the envelope. To avoid delayed or unsuccessful delivery of applications by post, please ensure that the correct address is clearly printed or written on the envelope and sufficient postage has been affixed before posting. Mail items bearing insufficient postage will not be delivered to this Department and will be returned to the sender or disposed of by the Hongkong Post, where appropriate. Applicants will bear any consequences arising from paying insufficient postage. Online applications can also be made through the Civil Service Bureau's website (http://www.csb.gov.hk) (Note 2). Applications which are late, incomplete/without the relevant documents as required, including a photograph as mentioned in Note 1 below within the specified deadline, or submitted by fax/email may not be considered. Applicants are encouraged to provide their email addresses on the application forms. Candidates who are selected for interview will normally receive an invitation within twelve weeks from the closing date of application. Those who are not invited for interview may assume that their applications are unsuccessful.

Note 1: Applicants are required to attach the following to their applications: a photograph from social media together with a short note of no more than 50 words in one page in either Chinese or English, capturing one post with the theme of low-carbon living (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Weixin, Twitter, Tiktok, etc.) and explaining how the post influence followers.

Note 2: Candidates who apply online should submit the photograph with short note by post to the Contact Address, or as a word (.doc or .docx) document by email to apply_OC @epd.gov.hk within seven days after the closing date of application, and the online application number should be quoted on the envelope and the photograph or in the email. Applications without attaching the photograph and the short note may not be considered. Applicants should also ensure that the photograph in the Word document is accessible if it is submitted by email. Applications with inaccessible photographs may not be considered.

Note 3: Candidates who had applied for the position of Outreaching Coordinator in June 2019 may apply again in this recruitment exercise.

Job No.: 42541

Address: Waste Reduction and Recycling Group, Waste Reduction and Recycling Division, Environmental Protection Department, 5/F., Centre Parc, 11 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Attn: EO(WR)3).

Telephone: 3690 7706

Closing Date 2020-01-02 23:00

Publish Date 2019-12-13