The successful candidate will be deployed on performing both office-based and field-based tree management work, including but not limited to planning and managing consultancy studies, providing advice to departments, complaint handling, public education, handling of tree collapse incidents, preparation of guidelines, participation in the Central Tree Support Team of the Tree Management Office in the Works Branch of the Development Bureau (Note 2).

The position is open to both male and female. Applicants should have – (a) a first or second class honours bachelor’s degree or a higher degree in arboriculture or a related field such as botany, biology, forestry, horticulture, landscape studies, landscape architecture, landscape management, landscape science, from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent; (b) a qualification/certification awarded by a professional institution or industry organisation on arboriculture, such as Certified Arborist of the International Society of Arboriculture, Professional Member or Fellow of the Arboricultural Association of the United Kingdom, European Tree Technician of the European Arboricultural Council, Registered Qualified Arborist / Registered Practicing Arborist / Registered Consulting Arborist / Registered Consulting and Practicing Arborist of the Arboriculture Australia, or equivalent; (c) three years’ post-graduate experience in arboriculture related work; and (d) proficiency in English and a good command of Chinese and met the language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 2’ result in the Use of English (UE) paper and ‘Level 1’ result in the Use of Chinese (UC) paper in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent (Note 1).