Environmental Nuisance Investigator (Salary: HK$20,305 per month)

Entry Requirements: Candidates should -

  1. have (i) a Higher Diploma in Environmental Health / Health Services Management from a local institution, or equivalent; OR (ii) a Higher Diploma in Environmental Technology, Certificate / Higher Certificate in Building Studies / Building Services Engineering / Mechanical Engineering from a local institution, or equivalent;
  2. have met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 or above in Chinese Language and English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent;
  3. be able to write and communicate in Chinese and English; and
  4. be able to perform outdoor work independently.

[Note:
(a) For appointment purpose, ‘Grade C’ and ‘Grade E’ in Chinese Language and English Language (Syllabus B) in the HKCEE before 2007 are accepted administratively as comparable to ‘Level 3’ and ‘Level 2’ respectively in Chinese Language and English Language in the 2007 HKCEE and henceforth;
(b) candidates should give a detailed account of their working experience in the application forms;
(c) incomplete applications will NOT be further processed; and
(d) candidates are required to sit for a written test.]

Duties:

  1. to investigate and handle water seepage and other complaints in relation to environmental hygiene, submit investigation reports and recommend follow-up action;
  2. to conduct inspections and surveys concerning environmental hygiene;
  3. to perform law enforcement duties;
  4. to give witness statement in legal proceedings and to testify in court against plead-not-guilty cases;
  5. to assist in special operations / campaigns to abate environmental hygiene problems and organizing health education campaigns;
  6. to assist Health Inspectorate grade officers as well as other designated staff / personnel to carry out other public health and environmental hygiene duties; and
  7. to perform any other duties as assigned by senior officers.

[Note: (a) Required to work 45 hours per week (excluding meal breaks); to work shifts and / or irregular hours and in remote locations; and (b) may be required to wear working outfits provided by the Department whilst on duty.]

Terms of Appointment: Successful candidates will be appointed on non-civil service contract terms for a period of not more than 12 months.  Further employment may be offered at the absolute discretion of the Department, subject to operational need of the Department and satisfactory performance and conduct of the staff.

Gratuity (only applicable to appointee with contract of 12 months): A gratuity may be granted upon satisfactory completion of the contract 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 drawn during the contract period.

Fringe Benefits: Rest days, statutory holidays (or substituted holidays), annual leave, maternity leave or paternity leave, sickness allowance, where appropriate, will be granted in line with the provisions of the Employment Ordinance.  Non-Sunday General Holidays (or alterative holidays) will also be granted.

How to Apply: Application forms [G.F. 340 (Rev.3/2013)] are obtainable from any Home Affairs Enquiry Centre of District Offices, Home Affairs Department or any Job Centre of the Employment Services Division, Labour Department.  The said form can also be downloaded from the Civil Service Bureau website (https://www.csb.gov.hk).  Completed forms should be submitted to the enquiry address below on or before the closing date for application.  The postmark date on the envelope will be regarded as the date of submission of application.  Please specify on the envelope 'Application for the Position of Environmental Nuisance Investigator'.  Underpaid mail items are subject to surcharge by Hongkong Post. This department will not accept underpaid mail items, which will be handled by Hongkong Post.  To ensure mail items be duly received by this department, and to avoid unnecessary delivery delay (e.g. return to sender), please pay sufficient postage before posting mail items to this department.  On-line application can also be made through Civil Service Bureau website (https://www.csb.gov.hk).  Candidates should state in detail in the application forms their academic qualifications and employment records with post title and detailed description of duties.

ALL applicants, no matter having made an on-line application or submitted an application by post, MUST send by POST not later than 11 December 2020 to the enquiry address below photocopies of all official certificates and transcripts of studies in support of the academic qualifications stated in the application form (including photocopies of certificates and transcripts showing the results achieved in Chinese and English languages).  The postmark date on the envelope will be regarded as the date of submission of supporting documents.  Applicants who have made an on-line application should also quote the ‘on-line application number’ on the envelope and on all photocopies of certificates and transcripts.

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.  Such applicants MUST submit official documents issued by the relevant academic institutions which stated the mode of delivery (e.g. full time / part time, on campus / distance learning, etc.) of the study programmes, together with other supporting documents (as stated in the preceding paragraph), to the enquiry address below by POST not later than 11 December 2020.

Applications which are incomplete, late, or submitted by fax / email, or are not made in the prescribed form will not be considered.  Applications without photocopies of supporting documents submitted to the enquiry address below on or before 11 December 2020 will be regarded as incomplete and will not be considered.  For purposes of contact and notification, applicants are required to state e-mail addresses in the application forms.  Candidates who are selected for selection interview and written test will normally receive an invitation by e-mail in about six to eight weeks from the closing date for application.  Those who are not invited for selection interview and written test may assume that their applications are unsuccessful.

Enquiry Address and Telephone: Appointments Section (Team 3), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, 44/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong.  For enquiries, please call 2867 5741.

Closing Date for Application: 4 December 2020

General Notes:

  1. Candidates must be permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the time of appointment unless specified otherwise.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 selection interview and written test.
  6. 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 further shortlisting. 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 website at https://www.csb.gov.hk under 'Administration of the Civil Service – Appointments'.
  7. Non-civil service vacancies information contained in this column is also available on the following website: https://www.gov.hk of the GovHK.
  8. Towards the application deadline, our on-line system would likely be overloaded due to large volume of applications. To ensure timely completion of your on-line application, it is advisable to submit the application as early as possible.