Vacancy Details
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Foreman
Reference No. Circular No HR/ MHA/42/2025
Public Service and Sector Employees
Indefinite
Technical and Industrial Published Date: 04/04/2025 11:00Closing Date: 21/04/2025 17:15Ministry: Ministry for Health and Active Ageing
Vacancy Brief Description
1. The Director General (People Management), Ministry for Health and Active Ageing invites applications for the post of Foreman in the Ministry for Health and Active Ageing.
Salary
2.1 This appointment is subject to a probationary period of six (6) months.
2.2 The salary for the post of Foreman is Salary Scale 11, which in the year 2025 is equivalent to €24,038.98 per annum, rising by annual increments of €375.17 up to a maximum of €26,290.00.
2.3 Appointees will also be entitled to the payment of an annual class allowance of €1,500.
2.4 If a selected applicant is an employee from an organisation in the wider Public Sector, he/she must make his/her own arrangements to be released to the Ministry for Health & Active Ageing.
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 Foreman 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, Public Officers in the Malta Public Service who are on loan/detailed with/deployed with/on attachment to Public Sector Organisations or Public Sector employees in the wider Public Sector;
(i) able to communicate in the English and Maltese Languages;
AND;
AND;
Public officers must be confirmed in their current appointment or in their previous appointment within the same stream, provided all other eligibility requirements are satisfied. Such public officers must be in, or have held, the grade of:
Public officers may apply for a lower grade even if not confirmed in their current appointment.
(ii) Assistant Foreman or Supervisor in Salary Scale 13 or in a comparable grade in the wider Public Sector.
Once the administration introduces the Supervisory Skills Course at Level 2 this shall be considered as a prerequisite for the entry into such grade.
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 : | Ministry for Health and Active Ageing |
Contact Persons : | Maureen Mahoney Director General (People Management) |
Address : | People Management Division, Ministry for Health and Active Ageing, 15, Palazzo Castellania, Merchant street, Valletta, VLT 1171 |
Telephone : | +356 22992604 |
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.