Contract Landscape Architect will be mainly deployed to carry out the following duties –

• (a)To provide landscape advice on planning, design and implementation of landscape and aesthetic work in engineering projects, slope works and vegetation maintenance projects; and advise the private sector and other Government agencies on landscape and related developments.
• (b)To prepare landscape designs and supervise the implementation of works contracts.
• (c)To prepare and administer landscape and vegetation maintenance related contracts and consultancies.
• (d)To supervise vegetation maintenance works, coordinate tree risk assessment arrangements and monitor their implementation.
• (e)To handle public consultation/ engagement and relevant publicity work; and coordinate landscape related research.

Candidates should –

• (a)possess Professional Membership of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) (elected on or after 1 January 1997), or revalidated by the HKILA if elected before 1 January 1997, or equivalent;
• (b)have at least one year of appropriate post-qualification experience [See Note (A)];
• (c)be ‘Registered Landscape Architect'(R.L.A.) registered by the Landscape Architects Registration Board (LARB) of Hong Kong [See Note (A)]; and
• (d)have met the language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 1’ results in the two language papers [Use of Chinese (UC) and Use of English (UE)] in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent [See Note (B)].