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, statutory and non statutory district plans, and conducting public/stakeholder engagement activities;
• (b)formulation and revision of planning standards and guidelines and carrying out planning researches, studies and urban design related work either directly or through managing the work of consultants;
• (c)processing development proposals and planning applications, providing professional and secretariat support to the Town Planning Board, 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;
• (f)carrying out research and liaising with Mainland authorities on cross-boundary and regional development matters; and
• (g)carrying out community relations, public outreach and staff development training programme, and handling public enquiries.

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; and
• (e)a pass result in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test [see Note (C)].