How to become a policy administration professional

Official title: Policy administration professionals

Also called: Intelligence officer, Policy analyst, Political adviser

Policy administration professionals develop and analyse policies guiding the design, implementation and modification of government and commercial operations and programmes.

Main tasks

• Liaising and consulting with programme administrators and other interested parties to identify policy needs
• Reviewing existing policies and legislation to identify anomalies and out-of-date provisions
• Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and client expectations of programmes and services provided
• Formulating and analysing policy options, preparing briefing papers and recommendations for policy changes and advising on preferred options
• Assessing impacts, financial implications, interactions with other programmes and political and administrative feasibility of policies
• Conducting threat and risk assessments and developing responses
• Reviewing operations and programmes to ensure consistency with policies of the organization

Ways in

• University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 33 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a policy administration professional?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

Do you need a degree to become a policy administration professional?

Usually. 92% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a policy administration professional?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026