A Plant Taxonomist is mainly deployed - (a) to assist in drawing up of business plan for Macroscopic and Microscopic Identification Laboratories under a testing centre for Chinese medicines; (b) to draw up Standard Operating Procedures in collecting and preserving herbarium specimens; (c) to assist in drawing up the requirement of the future Herbarium; (d) to assist in overall fitting out planning of the future Herbariums; (e) to give advice and drawing up a plan for the arrangement of herbarium specimen; (f) to give advice on the building up of a virtual herbarium; and (g) to carry out any other duties as assigned by senior officers. [Remark: May be required to work shift and irregular hours.]

Candidates should have – (a) a Master degree or above in Plant Taxonomy, Botany, or a related subject from a university of Hong Kong, or equivalent [Notes 1 and 2]; (b) at least four years’ relevant full-time experience and possess in-depth professional knowledge in the identification and classification of herbarium specimens, diversity of plant life and classifications reflecting evolutionary relationships between different plant groups and species [Note 3]; (c) excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical and organisation skills; and (d) proficiency in written Chinese and English, and good command of spoken Cantonese, Putonghua and English. Notes: 1 See General Note (g) below. 2 Candidates should submit a copy of academic transcripts and graduation certificates. 3 Candidates should submit a copy of supporting documents of relevant work experience.