Contract Assistant Landscape Officers are mainly deployed on – assisting Professional Supervisor-in-charge in: (a) investigating and assessing the potential use of all types of open spaces; (b) planning, designing and supervising the construction of public open spaces and landscape-related projects; (c) performing project management duties including the administration of contract and consultants in outsourced projects; and (d) providing professional advice on and handling of landscape and tree related matters. [See Notes (2) and (3)]

Candidates should – (a) have a degree/diploma in Landscape Architecture or a qualification which is acceptable to the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) as satisfying the academic requirements for admission into the HKILA Examination; (b) have at least two years’ post-qualification practical training and/or experience satisfying the training requirements for Professional Membership of the HKILA; (c) 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 Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE), or equivalent; [See Note (1)] (d) preferably have experience on construction of public open spaces and public landscape projects; and (e) preferably have qualification / training on arboriculture.