Vacancy Details
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Post of Senior Legal Officer in the Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment
Reference No. Circular No. HR/MHSE/01 /2026
Public Service Employees
Indefinite
Administrative and Managerial Published Date: 06/02/2026 11:00Closing Date: 23/02/2026 17:15Ministry: Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment
Vacancy Brief Description
1. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment invites applications for the post of Senior Legal Officer in the Police Department within the Ministry for Home Affairs, Security and Employment.
Salary
2.1 This appointment is subject to a probationary / trial period of one (1) year.
2.2 The salary for the post of Senior Legal Officer is Salary Scale 6, which in the year 2026 is equivalent to, €33,931.02 per annum, rising by annual increments of €596.33 up to a maximum of €37,509.00.
2.3 The appointee will be entitled to such other benefits and subject to such other conditions as may be stipulated in any pertinent agreement with the Government of Malta and the competent Union.
2.4 The appointee must ensure that s/he operates within the framework of the Code of Ethics and of Section 6.2.3 of the Public Service Management Code, and will not carry any form of outside work outside the Government employment which may lead to a conflict with their official duties with the Government. Private work invariably necessitates the permission of the Permanent Secretary.
2.5 In terms of the requirements emanating from Directive 16, regarding the “Governing Framework for Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Administration”, issued by the Principal Permanent Secretary on 27th November 2023 and which came into force on 1st February 2024, the Selection Board will assess candidates’ previous employments to assess potential conflicts of interest. In this respect, candidates are to provide a completely updated CV, including qualifications and employment history with their application. Any potential conflict of interest matters noted will be reported to the respective Permanent Secretary, to ensure that should the candidate be recruited, such conflicts of interest would be appropriately managed.
Moreover, selected candidates are to report any known actual, potential or apparent conflicts of interest prior to accepting an appointment, through the prescribed Declaration available at Appendix 1 to Directive 16 (available here).
Duties
3. The job duties for the post of Senior Legal Officer may be viewed in Annex A attached to this Circular.
Eligibility
4.1 By the closing time and date of this call for applications, applicants must be Public Officers in the Malta Public Service or Public Officers in the Malta Public Service on loan/detailed with/deployed with/on attachment to Public Sector organizations.
(i) able to communicate in the Maltese and English Languages in order to sufficiently and adequately carry out the duties applied for.
(ii) in the grade of Legal Officer, having at least five (5) years service in the grade.
Public Officers applying for this post must be confirmed in their current appointment, unless the current appointment is in a different class/career stream or in a definite position, but may apply for a lower grade/position even if not confirmed and whether in the same stream or not. Reversion to previous unconfirmed appointment is not possible.
4.2 Public Officers holding a grade in a particular stream, and who were granted Officer in Scale status by virtue of a Grievances Unit decision in the same scale as that of a higher grade in that stream, are eligible to apply for grades open to officers holding such higher grade within the stream that carries the same scale as that of the Officer in Scale status.
The years of service since the effective date of appointment as Officer in Scale are reckonable for the purpose of satisfying any requisite years of service stipulated in calls for applications.
Any other eligibility requisites for the post must be met in terms of this call for applications.
4.3 Public officers who currently hold an appointment as Officer in Grade are considered on a personal basis to pertain to the Class/Stream of their immediately previous substantive grade, and may apply on the basis of their current scale as Officer in Grade, which must be equivalent to, or higher than, the requisite eligibility level required by this call for applications.
The years of service since the effective date of appointment as Officer in Grade are reckonable for the purpose of satisfying any requisite years of “service in the grade” as stipulated in calls for applications.
Any other eligibility requisites for the post must be met in terms of this call for applications.
Ministry / Department Details
Ministry / Department : | Police Department |
Contact Persons : | Ms Stephanie Farrugia |
Address : | Police General Headquarters - Floriana |
Telephone : | 21224001 |
Email address : | [email protected] |
Note
- In case of conflict in interpretation of any part/s of a call for applications, the final interpretation should be that of the published Maltese version of the call for applications.