An Assistant Town Planner is mainly deployed on assisting in the following duties and undertaking on-the-job training with a view to gaining experience in the town planning discipline -

(a) preparation, revision and implementation of the territorial development strategies, and statutory and non statutory district plans;

(b) formulation and revision of planning standards and guidelines and carrying out planning researches, studies and urban design work either directly or through managing the work of consultants;

(c) processing development proposals and planning applications and carrying out site searches for various purposes;

(d) undertaking enforcement actions against unauthorised development under the Town Planning Ordinance;

(e) development and application of geographic information system and information technologies to facilitate public participation and decision making; and

(f) carrying out research and liaising with Mainland authorities on cross-boundary infrastructure and regional development matters.

Candidates should have -

(a) (i) a town planning degree/diploma from a university in Hong Kong recognised by the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP); or

(ii) a town planning degree/diploma and an exemption from Part I and a pass in Part II of the HKIP Qualifying Examination (QE); or

(iii) a town planning degree/diploma and a pass in Part I and Part II of the HKIP QE;

(b) at least 2 years’ appropriate working experience in the planning field after obtaining the academic qualification stated in (a) [see Notes (A)&(F)];

(c) a pass result in the Aptitude Test in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) [see Note (B)];

(d) met the language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 2’ results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the CRE, or equivalent [see Note (B)], and be able to speak fluent Cantonese and English. Fluency in Putonghua would be an advantage.