Vacancy Details
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Security Guard
Reference No. Circular No. HR/MAFA/15/2024
Public Service Employees
Indefinite
Uniformed and Security Published Date: 30/08/2024 11:00Closing Date: 13/09/2024 13:30Ministry: Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights
Vacancy Brief Description
1. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights, invites applications for the post of Security Guard in the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights.
Salary
2.1 This appointment is subject to a probationary period of six (6) months.
2.2 The salary for the post of Security Guard is Salary Scale 16, which in the year 2024 is equivalent to, €16,130.00 per annum, rising by annual increments of €263.00 up to a maximum of €17,708.00.
2.3 A Security Guard will progress to Scale 15 (€17,265.00 x €298.00 - €19,053.00 in year 2024) on completion of five (5) years service in the grade, subject to satisfactory performance and to Scale 14 (€18,538.02 x €316.83 - €20,439.00 in year 2024) after a further five (5) years service in Scale 15.
2.4 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 Security Guard 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, whose salary is not above that of Salary Scale 15.
(i) able to communicate in the Maltese and English languages;
AND
(ii) Candidates must also have been sucessful in the qualifying exam held by the Examinations Department.
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, what is 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/position must be met in terms of this call for applications.
Ministry / Department Details
Ministry / Department : | Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights |
Contact Persons : | Andrew Galea |
Address : | Corporate Services Directorate, Agriculture Research and Innovation Hub, Ingiered Road, Luqa, LQA 3300 |
Telephone : | 2339 7227 |
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.