6. Eligible applicants will be requested to attend for an interview to assess their suitability for those duties in which they expressed an interest. Selected candidates will be deployed according to both the outcome of such assessment and Public Service exigencies. 

7. Any qualifications and experience claimed must be supported by certificates and/or testimonials, copies of which should be attached to the Officer’s submission. Scanned copies sent electronically are acceptable.

7.1 Original certificates and/or testimonials are to be invariably produced for verification at the interview.

8. With the exception of those qualifications referred to in paragraphs 8.2 and 8.3 hereunder, applicants are required to produce a recognition statement by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA), which is to be obtained by submitting an online “Application for the Recognition of Qualifications” at https://mfhea.mt/academic-qualifications/. Such statement should be attached to the expression of interest and the original presented at the interview.

8.1 Prior to requesting recognition statements as per paragraph 8.1 above in respect of their qualifications, candidates should first consult the “Malta Qualifications Database” of the MQRIC which may be accessed on http://qualifications.ncfhe.gov.mt/#/dashboard.  Applicants are exempt from submitting a recognition statement as mentioned in paragraph 8.1 if they are presenting qualifications listed therein. A print of such list including the qualification is to be presented by the applicant.

8.2 No recognition statement by MQRIC is required in respect of qualifications issued by Maltese self-accrediting institutions, these being the University of Malta, MCAST and ITS; or any Maltese qualification that has been accredited by the MQRIC, which on the certificates states: ‘The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority deems this certificate to be MQF ___’.

8.3 In the case of qualifications not covered by 8.2 and 8.3, applicants are to submit the recognition statement as described in paragraph 8.1.  Applicants who are not in possession of such a statement may still submit an expression of interest, provided that they submit a copy of the statement to the receiving department/directorate as soon as it is available, and, in any case, by not later than four (4) months for the closing date of the call for applications.  Applicants may be assessed provisionally whilst still awaiting MQRIC equivalence of their qualification/s.  Should the equivalence report be in the negative or not presented within four (4) months from the closing date of the call for applications, such applicants will be disqualified from the selection process.  Moreover, subject to availability of vacancies, the undertaking of the assignment cannot be signed before the positive equivalence report is received from MQRIC. 

9. The result of the selection process will be published by the People Management Directorate and exhibited on the noticeboard of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry for Health  at 15, Palazzo Castellania, Merchant street, Valletta, VLT 1171.

9.1 Petitions objecting to the result of the selection process should reach the Permanent Secretary on email [email protected] within ten (10) working days from the date of publication of the result.