Director, Secretariat, Compliance and Commercial (Ref. D-SCC)
Legal and Compliance Division
3-year fixed-term contract
The Consumer Council is seeking an experienced and qualified legal professional to join its Legal and Compliance Division as Director, Secretariat, Compliance and Commercial, reporting to the Senior Director, Legal and Compliance. This senior leadership role offers a unique opportunity to shape governance and compliance standards, oversee secretariat operations, and provide strategic legal and commercial advice to advance the Council’s mission of protecting and empowering consumers in Hong Kong. Ideal candidates will bring strong expertise in legal practice, compliance management, and collaborative leadership to drive excellence across the organisation.
Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Senior Director, Legal and Compliance:
- Lead the Council’s compliance function. Key functions include: maintain and review policies and guidelines to uphold legal compliance and good governance (e.g. on data processing, records management, conflicts of interest and procurement), conduct legal due diligence, coordinate across divisions for consistency, support management through compliance programs, audits, monitoring, and training, address risks and non-conformities, review and strengthen compliance controls, and prepare internal and external compliance reports
- Lead the Council’s secretariat function. Key functions include: establish and maintain Committees, review and update their terms of reference, meeting organisation and logistics, minute-taking, legal vetting of submissions, record-keeping for compliance and audit purposes, and facilitate communication and networking among Council and Committee members
- Advise on contractual and commercial matters, including drafting / reviewing contracts, standard contracts, project and collaboration terms
- Provide legal support on the Council’s operations, such as on intellectual property rights and employment matters
- Conduct legal research and review to support studies, consultations and surveys
- Performing other duties as assigned by management such as participating in outside committee meetings, media interviews, training and public events for and on behalf of the Council
Requirements:
- Be a qualified barrister or solicitor and admitted to practice in the HKSAR with at least 5 years' post-call or post admission experience
- Proven experience in secretariat support or equivalent company secretarial function, compliance (including legal, due diligence and data governance), commercial matters (including projects and collaborations), and general business support
- Have the vision and passion to work as a consumer advocate
- Strong collaboration skills and a team player, being able to work effectively with various divisions to achieve common goals
- Have excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese to include Putonghua
Terms of Appointment & Fringe Benefits
Appointment will be offered on a 3-year fixed-term contract. Fringe benefits include paid leave, cash allowance, medical insurance and MPF.
Application forms are available on the Council’s website https://www.consumer.org.hk/. Interested applicants are invited to apply to the Director, Human Resources by sending the completed application form and a resume together with a cover letter explaining why they consider themselves suitable for the position by 17 December 2025. Applications should be sent by e-mail to recruit@consumer.org.hk. Candidates not invited for interview within 12 weeks from the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful.
The Consumer Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Personal Information Collection Statement
- You must provide the personal data marked as mandatory in the application form. Otherwise, the Council may not be able to process your application.
- The personal data collected during the application process will be used for recruitment of the post, including assessing your application and contacting you, and other directly related purposes. For such purposes, we may disclose your personal data to members of an assessment panel to assist in the recruitment.
- Personal data of unsuccessful candidates will be retained for a maximum of 2 years from the closing date of application, thereafter the data will be destroyed.
- You have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data held by the Council, by submitting your request in writing to the Compliance and Administration Officer at 22/F, K. Wah Centre, 191 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong. The Council may charge you a fee for the processing of such request.
- Please refer to the Privacy Policy at https://www.consumer.org.hk/en/privacy-policy for more information on the Council’s privacy policies and practices.