2025 Internship Scheme for Students with Disabilities in HKSAR Government
Objective
The Civil Service Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has launched the Internship Scheme for Students with Disabilities (the “Scheme”) in 2016. The scheme aims at allowing students with disabilities to gain hands-on work experience in the Government as well as enabling civil service colleagues to appreciate the talents and potential of persons with disabilities. Interns will be posted to different Government bureaux and departments to provide support in a wide range of executive/administrative functions.
Scheme Details
Post Title: Summer Intern
Duration: 8 weeks in summer 2025 during one of the following periods:
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16 June 2025 (Monday) – 8 August 2025 (Friday); or
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30 June 2025 (Monday) – 22 August 2025 (Friday).
Salary level: Salary of HK$11,200 per month (the remuneration for each calendar month will be calculated on a pro-rata basis)
Duties:
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Interns will be posted to different Bureaux/Departments (B/D) for the provision of support, including general administration and/or policy support, human resource management, financial resource management, event management, system/project planning and development, and/or support to boards and councils, etc.
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Interns may also be required to perform non-administration duties relating to the functions of the B/D concerned.
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About 5 days of training/briefing will be provided by the B/D offering the internship place. A mentor will be assigned to each intern to assist him/her in adapting to the working environment.
Certificate of Internship
To be provided to the interns upon successful completion of their internship, i.e. the intern has attained satisfactory attendance (at least 80%) and rendered good performance as well as conduct during the internship period, as confirmed by the B/D concerned.
Eligibility
- A permanent resident of HKSAR at the time when the placement is offered to the intern;
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Non-final year students with disability studying a full-time Bachelor’s degree, associate degree or higher diploma course or equivalent (below Master level) in a local tertiary institution.
Application Information
Submit with the completed and signed application form, all supporting documents stated in the Application Guide, and an essay of not more than 300 words (either in Chinese or English) explaining why you are applying for the Scheme and what you would like to achieve from it.
Application Form (PDF Version); Application Form (Word Format)
Completed application should be sent to SEN Support at sen@ust.hk no later than 19 January 2025 (Sunday).
Enquiry
SEN Support, Counseling and Wellness Center
Office: Room 5022, 5/F, Dean of Students' Office, Academic Building (entrance at the corridor between lift 2 and lift 3)
Email: sen@ust.hk